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EU money to help Southern scientists compete for funding
African, Caribbean and Pacific scientists can for the first time get EU support for building resources to vie for international research funds.
Uruguay has signed an agreement to boost an online website to grant national researchers free access to scientific journals.
2 December 2008
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Argentina: S&T back on the development agenda
Following 40 years of persecution and governmental indifference, science and scientists are back on the Argentinian agenda.
Q&A: Clean technologies with Yvo de Boer
Yvo de Boer, the UN climate chief, speaks to SciDev.Net about getting clean technology into the developing world.
1 December 2008
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The media is crucial in the global fight for health
The media can help in the global fight against disease, both as a watchdog for poor practices, and a champion for successful research.
Science on the rise, despite current economic climate
Science and innovation continue to grow in developing countries, despite the current economic climate, says an editorial in Nature.
Cuba–US relations stifling science
Relations between Cuba and the United States are hindering both countries' researchers, say Sergio Jorge Pastrana and Michael T. Clegg.