Diary

What's on this week

Tomorrow – London Marathon

Tomorrow until Wednesday – Arab Outsourcing Conference 2009, Mövenpick Hotel, Dubai

Tomorrow to Wednesday – Asset Integrity Management Middle East 2009 at Le Meridien Hotel, Abu Dhabi

Tomorrow until Wednesday – Geospatial Intelligence Middle East at the One and Only Royal Mirage,Dubai

Tomorrow until Wednesday – Urban Transportation 2009 at Sheraton Abu Dhabi Hotel

Monday until Wednesday – Ethics, Governance and Corporate Compliance – Gulf Summit 2009 at the Shangri-la Hotel, Dubai

Monday – Dubai Responsible Business Dialogue 2009 at Al Murooj Rotana Hotel, Dubai

Monday and Tuesday – Emiratisation Forum 2009 at Beach Rotana Hotel, Abu Dhabi

Monday and Tuesday – The Arab Forum on Economic, Industrial and Free Zones at Expo Centre, Sharjah

Monday – Switzerland starts negotiations with the United States over its existing double-taxation rule in Zurich

Tuesday – The Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Awards in London

Tuesday and Wednesday – TelecomFinance Middle East and Africa 2009 at Park Hyatt Hotel, Dubai

Wednesday – Meeting of the major economies forum on climate change in Washington DC

Wednesday – Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko meets Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, pictured

Wednesday – French parliament votes on a government-backed bill to crack down on internet piracy

Wednesday until Friday – Annual Intelligent Field Development at Sheraton Dubai Creek Hotel, Dubai

Thursday – Third Phase of Indian General Elections


Today in History

April 25, 2003 The international scientific endeavour to map the human genome – the Human Genome Project – was completed, two years ahead of schedule.

HGP's primary goal was to determine the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA – the building blocks of life – and to identify and map the 20,000 to 25,000 genes of the genome, both physically and functionally.

The project began in 1990, initially headed by James D Watson at the US National Institutes of Health. A 'rough draft' of the genome was finished in 2000.

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