And the delegates discussed boosting the tourist industry by allowing more foreign investment in golf courses and marinas.

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The conference itself is a very dark-suited middle-aged male affair, with many of the delegates coming from the security industry.

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Andrew Pinder, the "e-Envoy", urged delegates at the Confederation of British Industry conference to back a campaign to persuade Mr Brown of the importance of broadband services.

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Delegates will hear about the latest industry and research developments.

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To answer that tough question, the EPA tried a novel approach: Last spring it launched something called a "negotiated rulemaking, " bringing together delegates from 25 groups representing the real estate industry, environmental watchdogs and the government.

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For at least another week in Dubai, delegates from 193 nations are at a landmark conference to talk about regulating the telecommunications industry.

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"Mobile TV will be a new distribution platform that will allow the media industry to expand its audience, widen prime time and re-use popular content, " he told IBC delegates.

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Environment Program, said the negotiations by delegates to three major environmental treaties reflected awareness that many of the 100, 000 chemicals used by industry or agriculture, or sold in commercial products, still haven't been tested for their effects on people and nature.

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