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>> The Federal Court in Australia has said that musicians should be entitled to receive royalties when commercial radio streams music online.

Betel benefit

Internet governance issues will dominate 2013

Treaty negotiated in Dubai is not a magic wand Author(s): Emma Llansó

Clash of the cyberworlds

Fashion sans catwalk

A Brazilian designer has taken fashion from the high pedestal of catwalk to the reality of slums to demonstrate that styles, trends and fads are born in Rio’s poor neighbourhoods.

Doha debates Kyoto Protocol

Two issues dominated negotiations under the Kyoto Protocol track or ad hoc working group on Kyoto Protocol  (AWG-KP) on the second day of CoP 18 meeting in Doha, Qatar. One, on the second commitment period of Kyoto Protocol (KP 2), and two, the ambition levels with respect to emissions reduction targets of developed countries.

A worthy goal

When Ana Aguirre stepped onto the soccer field wearing her green Mexican uniform and scored goals against teams from Brazil and the US, she seemed to have forgotten her sorry life. There were no jobless parents, no addicts, no dead friends and no young men with pistols shoved into their acid-washed jeans. There was only a celebratory noise: fans, commentators, music and the sound of ball being kicked or teammates yelling.

Universal health scare

High-speed derailment

Looking beyond privatisation

Karen Bakker is an old hand at tracking the expansion of private control of water utilities in the 1990s by companies such as Bechtel, Enron and Vivendi (now Veolia). She has also researched the more recent shift towards public private partnerships (PPP) in water supply.