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Privacy police: Total information awareness

The US congress is facing a key decision on the controversial Total Information Awareness programme. The programme seeks to construct and put …

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Better late then never

Hogwashers

Momentary lapse of reason

At loggers' heads

In Hobart, Australia, environmentalists are determined to continue throughout the summer tourist season a campaign to highlight the threat -- by …

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Vatavaran 2003: Grand Finale

On November 20, 2003 the curtain fell on Vatavaran 2003, a festival of films devoted exclusively to environmental issues. Organised by New Delhi-…

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Website review: http://www.fao.org/hivaids/

This multilingual website, maintained by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, seeks to work as a centralised source of …

Book notice: Empires of Profit

This is the story of the spread of western-style capitalism around the world, and its effects, often unpleasant, on the local populace

A bit off focus

An exhibition of Indian wildlife photographer Subhankar Banerjee's highly acclaimed snapshots of Alaska has been bumped from a prime spot near …

Overdose of war coverage

The relentless bombardment of war-related footage on tv screens has stressed out viewers. Audiences all around the globe have been complaining of …

IPDC Prize - Radio recognition

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has announced that it will present the International Programme for the …

Photography: Still lives

Time has almost stood still in the tiny Lower Nanyao village beneath the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in south-western China. Wild buffaloes still …

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A neglected genius

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Poke in the eye