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Egypt has set up a South–South cooperation centre to promote technology transfer and industrial development.

The Colombian government is calling for applications to a massive fund to support advanced training, science and innovation in the country.

The UK government has launched a new strategy to help developing countries apply technology to the needs of the poor.

Global "scientific apartheid" is a real possibility unless research and technology is harnessed to better benefit the poor, says an expert.

A new organisation seeks to use the UK scientific community to address developing world problems and collaborate on potential solutions.

Mexico and the European Union have established a €20 million fund to encourage knowledge transfer and research collaboration.

A new network, to be launched later this year, seeks to bring together the efforts of scientific organisations and researchers.

Biofuel technology should be transferable to developing countries and must focus on sustainable production, urges the UK Royal Society.

Poor countries experiencing rapid technical growth still need to improve their capacity to absorb new technology, says a World Bank report.

The Clean Development Mechanism must focus less on the market and more on actually tackling climate change, says an Indian organisation.

Algeria and China signed an agreement last week to collaborate in agricultural science and desertification.

The Uruguayan government has ordered 100,000 laptops and plans to provide one for every schoolchild in the country by 2009.

The Middle East and Central Asia will establish a new science foundation, aimed at strengthening the region's scientific know-how.

The world's science academies have urged the energy sector to address imbalances in energy use and access between the rich and poor.

Egypt and Japan announce a year of cooperative science to boost research and industrial productivity.

A report comparing rich nations' aid to developing countries has put France at the top of technology assistance.

Rice University in the United States has announced it will create an institute to develop medical technology for resource-poor countries.

Technology originally conceived for space exploration could provide faster and more accurate testing for tuberculosis.

Seventeen nations pledged to take action on climate change at a meeting in the United States, but no emissions targets were agreed.

A new US academic centre will encourage students to undertake business ventures supporting sustainable growth in developing countries.