Science Development Network

	U.S. Group Plans a Digital Library to Aid North African Research
	To expand North Africa's research capabilities, a project financed by the United States plans to connect the region's universities and science institutes to a "digital library" that could eventually stretch from Morocco to Libya.

	QATAR: Research hub in progress
	In abid to become a regional research hub, on the first week of August, Qatar has opened a world-class scientific institute for information technology research and later this year will launch another two institutes addressing biomedical as well as environmental and energy researchers.

	Afghan and Pakistani scientists to collaborate
	US initiatives connect Afghan and Pakistani scientists with American counterparts, but a new project will connect them with each other

	Gulf states move to rebuild tradition of research
	Huge amounts are being spent on education in an attempt to catch up with the developed world and train youth for diversified economies

	North–South network hopes to boost Mediterranean science
	The Euro-Mediterranean Science Academic Network has been launched, and hopes to serve as a model of North–South collaboration.

	Arsenic linked with one in five deaths in Bangladesh
	A fifth of deaths in Bangladesh are caused, or hastened, by long-term exposure to arsenic in drinking water, a study has found.

AFRICA: International research initiatives launched

A number of international initiatives have been launched in Africa recently to develop research and innovation across the continent, and to transform new ideas generated by higher education and research into improved products, processes and businesses. The projects include a technology development and transfer network, a continental research framework programme and a science-to-business challenge.

	Iran becomes home to a regional S&T push
	The launch of a centre in Iran that will promote science and technology in the region has been welcomed by scientists.

	Algeria approves major science funding boost
	The Algerian parliament has approved a bill to spend 100 billion Dinars (US$1.48 billion) on science over five years.

	How to Evacuate a big city? ….International Transport Forum Young Researcher of the Year Award 2010 goes to young Egyptian innovator
	27-year-old Egyptian Hossam Abdelgawad has been honoured at the International Transport Forum, the leading global mobility summit in Leipzig, Germany. The PhD-candidate from the University of Toronto, Canada, has received the Young Researcher of the Year Award 2010 for his study, which offers a novel approach to the mass evacuation of major cities in case of a catastrophe.

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