Boris Tadic has been reelected President of Serbia. Tadic, who is pro-European Union, won 50.5 percent of the vote in the second round run-off. His opponent, the nationalist Tomislav Nikolic, admitted defeat after polling 47.9 percent of the vote. In his victory speech Tadic said, "I congratulate all the citizens of Serbia on our being a European democracy. We have shown to many EU member countries the democratic potential of this country."

Evolution is about change. It has no direction, goal or yardstick. Therefore, in purely biological terms this question is meaningless. Over time, organisms have tended to become more complex. But it is a mistake to define the loss of complexity that sometimes occurs as devolution. Certainly, it is wrong to assume that human beings represent the peak of evolution. Evolution is a very slow process; it is not noticeable in the time span of recorded human history. We are merely a step on a long journey to who knows where.

Serbs go to the polls on Sunday in the second round of their presidential election. As they do, European Union unity over the future of Kosovo, the largely ethnic Albanian province of Serbia, is crumbling.

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The European Union’s Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas appeared to be at loggerheads yesterday, as the commission comes under increasing pressure over biofuels.

The EU is committed to raising the share of biofuels used in transport to 10 per cent by 2020. However, a number of reports including one from the OECD in Sep. 2007 and one published in Science last week, have caste doubts on the sustainability of biofuels.

On Thursday, Business Secretary John Hutton announced the British government's much delayed energy policy. This makes nuclear power pivotal for future electricity production in the United Kingdom.

Hutton told members of Parliament that "new nuclear power should play a role in providing the U.K. with clean, secure and affordable energy," and saying it is "in our country's vital long-term interest."