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22nd November 2011

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by Peter Beckingham

Former governor in Turks and Caicos Islands

“Land.Gold.Women” – not your usual Bollywood drama: an honour killing in leafy English suburbia

Mumbai is the centre of India’s film industry, where hundreds of “Bollywood” movies are produced every year. Shortly before the major Indian festival of Diwali one of the most expensive and extravagant films produced here, “Ra One”, hit the screens both in India and London. Reportedly costing over $30M the film is produced by, and […]

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17th November 2011 Ottawa, Canada

Dr. Jonathon Pines, Cancer Research UK Director of Research in Cell Division, visits the University of Ottawa

This is Alexandra Weirich( SIN intern) guestblogging about a recent UK scientist visit to Canada. Dr. Jonathon Pines jumped the pond this week to “cross fertilize” (Dr. Pines’ phrase) with researchers in Montreal and Ottawa; that is, to exchange ideas, research approaches, and information with Canadian researchers in the cell cycle field. Dr. Pines is […]

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26th October 2011 Toronto, Canada

SINfographic: A field guide to UK scientists and engineers

We have another another SIN infographic (SINfographic?) this week, this time about scientists and engineers in the UK. The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills and the Office for National Statistics prepare annual summaries of key science, engineering and technology (SET) indicators, such as R&D expenditure and international comparisons, which can be downloaded from the […]

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12th October 2011

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by Leigh Turner

Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna

Tymoshenko verdict

Following the verdict in the Tymoshenko trial, the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, said: “The conviction of the Ukrainian opposition politician, Yuliya Tymoshenko, by a court in Kyiv is deeply concerning. Independent legal experts including the Danish Helsinki Committee have concluded that Ms Tymoshenko’s trial was subject to numerous and serious violations of fundamental legal principles, […]

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10th October 2011

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by Leigh Turner

Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna

Chornobyl: Safer Storage of Radioactive Waste

How radioactive is the environment at the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone?  The question seems particularly pertinent when you’re planting a tree and the wind is blowing sand in your eyes. This was the scene recently when I visited Chornobyl with Volodymyr Kholosha, Head of the State Agency of Ukraine for the management of the Chornobyl Exclusion […]

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3rd October 2011

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by Peter Beckingham

Former governor in Turks and Caicos Islands

First ever British Business Groups’ national meet- ‘cautiously optimistic’

For the first time in living memory, and presumably ever, the British Business Groups (BBGs) around India held a national conference on 23-24 September 2011.   Over 150 delegates took part, largely representing the BBGs in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Goa and Chennai. It is difficult to summarise the conclusions of such a large group, but […]

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30th September 2011

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by Leigh Turner

Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna

The UK, EU enlargement and Ukraine

The UK Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, made an important speech during the Eastern Partnership in Warsaw on 29 September.  Key sections include: “It is in the EU’s clear interests to offer meaningful integration to [our Eastern] neighbours, including through full EU membership, where the criteria are rigorously met…  So the UK is clear: ‘no’ […]

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29th September 2011

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by Leigh Turner

Ambassador to Austria and UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Vienna

Two hearts are better than one

What is the healthiest place in Kyiv?  At a recent reception at the residence, I began to suspect it might be my lounge.  The reason was that the room was crammed with over 80 guests representing the cream of the Ukrainian medical profession and, in particular, many of the country’s top interventional cardiologists.  Other medical […]

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23rd September 2011 Toronto, Canada

Canada-UK joint declaration: "A stronger partnership for the 21st century"

Yesterday saw the signing of a joint declaration by the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and Canada. As part of a wider North American trip, David Cameron made a brief visit to Ottawa yesterday and signed the Canada-UK joint declaration entitled A stronger partnership for the 21st century. Of particular interest to the Science […]

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