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Clergy brawl while cleaning in Bethlehem
4th of January 2012
A tale of Christmas cheer from Bethlehem, at the Church of the Nativity. An unholy row broke out between Greek Orthodox and Armenian clergy last week over the cleaning of the church.
Following Christmas celebrations, dozens of black-clad clerics from both churches - armed with brooms and cleaning materials - began to work on different parts
ISS makes changes to board of directors
3rd of January 2012
Global building services provider ISS has made some changes to its board of directors. Harry Klagsbrun and Jennie Chua were elected members of the board of directors of ISS and ISS World Services. They replace Peter Korsholm and Jørgen Lindegaard, who are stepping down after several years as board directors at ISS.
Klagsbrun is a senior
Sterilising gas could clean hospital wards
29th of December 2011
A new way of killing bacteria using sterilising gas could change the way hospital wards are cleaned, it's been claimed. The technique involves pumping a mixture of ozone and hydrogen peroxide into a room to wipe out microbes on walls, mattresses, chairs and other surfaces.
It mirrors the way the immune system tackles bacterial infection - ozone
EU backs single permit for foreign workers
27th of December 2011
Workers from outside the European Union will be able to apply more easily to live and work in member states following European Parliament's approval last week of a single permit directive.
The rules - already agreed by member states' governments - offer foreign workers the right to similar working conditions, pensions, social security and access
Call for less stringent REACH chemicals law
22nd of December 2011
European leaders are coming under pressure from the Czech and Slovak governments to reconsider what they consider to be the 'excessive' REACH safety regulations on the chemicals industry that they say hurt smaller businesses and undermine economic growth.
The REACH regulation is due for review in 2012, setting the stage for a lobbying
Medical students have poor hand hygiene
21st of December 2011
New research from Germany has shown that two-thirds of medical students were unable to identify correctly clinical situations in which they should wash their hands.
They also falsely believed their own hand hygiene was better than that of nursing colleagues, said the study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
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