Another Europe-wide project is the new European Research Council.

ECONOMIST: French higher education

What makes this story the more appalling is that such a man and his colleagues at the European Council for Fatwa and Research have been engaged by prominent commercial institutions to serve as "Shariah advisors" in connection with the latters' "Shariah-Compliant Finance" operations.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Truly endangered species

The three-member taskforce comprised Dr Harry Atkinson, formerly of the Science and Engineering Research Council and past chairman of the European Space Agency's Council, with Sir Crispin Tickell, Britain's former ambassador to the UN and Professor David Williams, from University College, London.

BBC: You are in: Sci/Tech

Promoting North-South and South-South cooperation is at the root of the strategy of the Programme that is being carried in partnership with the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), scientific unions of the International Council for Science (ICSU), the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and other science centres, IGOs and NGOs.

UNESCO: 6th Meeting of IBSP Scientific Board

We got a glimpse this week of where the rocket is heading after research ministers approved a 600m euros programme of developments at their European Space Agency council meeting in Naples.

BBC: Ariane rocket ready to do battle