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Brussels

EU agrees to pay their ‘fair share’ toward the $150bn a year needed to help developing countries tackle climate change ahead of the Copenhagen summit, but fail to specify exactly how much.

London

Prof. David Nutt, the head of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, has been sacked after accusing ministers of ignoring scientific evidence and classifying drugs in a ‘political way’.
Cork

Scientists at the Cork Cancer Research Centre, University College Cork, have found a potential anti-cancer treatment in the curry spice, turmeric.  Oesophageal cancer cells that were treated with curcumin, the active compound in turmeric, died within 24 hours.