Topic: International News

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Fogarty International Center Announces First Awards for Health, Environment and

Posted by admin on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 02:03 PM

Bethesda, Maryland — The Fogarty International Center (FIC) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the funding of 11 research projects under the Health, Environment and Economic Development (HEED) program. These awards, co-funded with 4 NIH institutes and Offices* and the U.S. Geological Survey, support innovative developmental and exploratory research and research capacity-building projects in developing countries on topics that combine the issues of health, environment and economic development. The program aims to gain a better scientific understanding of the relationship between these issues and to suggest policy measures to address the problems associated with them. The combined financial commitment from FIC and its partners is approximately $3 million over a two-year period. The program uses an exploratory-developmental grant mechanism (R21). FIC hopes to launch a larger research project grant (R01) program within three years to build on this initial effort.

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International Sequencing Consortium Launches Online Resource

Posted by admin on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 01:52 PM

Bethesda, Maryland — The International Sequencing Consortium (ISC) has launched a free, online resource where scientists and the public can get the latest information on the status of sequencing projects for animal, plant and other eukaryotic genomes, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) announced today

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Hamas founder killed in Israeli airstrike

Posted by admin on Monday, March 22, 2004 - 08:53 AM

	GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of mourners jammed the streets of Gaza City Monday in a funeral procession for Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who was killed earlier in the day in an Israeli targeted helicopter attack. Read full article: 'Hamas founder killed in Israeli airstrike'

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