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As you probably know by now, marine reserves have a huge role to play in ensuring a future for our oceans, which is why we fish-huggers campaign so vehemently for them. The scientists tell us that between 20 and 50 per cent of...
Michael Foot has today published his independent review of British offshore financial centres. Michael Foot was asked by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to conduct a review of the long-term opportunities and challenges facing...
On July 15, the Pelindaba Treaty , which established Africa as a nuclear-weapon-free zone, finally entered into force. The treaty is the latest regional agreement to ban nuclear weapons in its area of application.
Mr Jeremiah has served in the role for nearly five years David Jeremiah, the States of Alderney's chief executive officer, has announced he will retire in 2010. He has served in the role for nearly five years after taking over...
A graphic designer who created classic postage stamps with his wife for 30 years Michael Goaman, who has died aged 88, was one of the leading British graphic designers of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Although his designs for...
Michael Goaman was an innovative stamp designer who worked in partnership with his wife Sylvia (1924-2006), the daughter of the author and playwright J. B. Priestley. His designs include stamps for more than 40 countries,...
UNITED NATIONS, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Britain stands by its decision to issue postage stamps from the disputed territories of and around the Falkland Islands, or Malvinas as they are known in Argentina, according to a letter to...
The Arctic and Antarctica are the last vast untapped reservoirs of mineral resources on the planet. [1] If the expansion of Australia's territory is formalized, this will disrupt the operation of international legal mechanisms,...
The scramble for mineral riches under the oceans was exposed yesterday when a UN deadline passed for countries to claim the seabed up to 350 miles from their coasts. The submissions filed with the UN exposed overlapping claims...
Greenpeace and marine environmentalists criticise 'underwater land grabs' as submissions to UN pour in A vast tract of the south Atlantic seabed – rich in oil and minerals – was formally claimed by the United Kingdom yesterday...
