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Science is an international affair, of course. But a few recent news tidbits highlight just how fast that international dimension is expanding.

The latest Eurostat data on R&D investment in the EU published last week show that in 2005 the EU27 spent just over Euros 200 billion.

The UK's National Environment Research Council (NERC) has launched Oceans 2025, an ambitious GBP120 million five-year programme.

Intellectual property laws have fallen short of providing legal protection on indigenous knowledge. Now India is setting up a database to establish prior art on traditional knowledge.

The European Commission launched an online information service, Erawatch, covering research systems and policies within the European Union.