French PM offers funds to defuse scientists' revolt
French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin offered mutinous French scientists an extra three billion euros (S$6.35 billion) in funding on Saturday, in a bid to stave off protest action that could paralyse public research.
Internationally renowned scientists are among laboratory heads threatening resignation by tomorrow if the government does not promise adequate funding to restore scientific priorities and curb a crippling brain drain.
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