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Best blogs on the web' honoured.

The prize for the best British blog and the lifetime achievement award went to plasticBag.org, a site dedicated to musings about people and new media.

Google loses French court appeal.

Google was found guilty of "trademark counterfeiting". and its failure to follow an order quickly enough triggered a fine.

Top 10 Reasons Why Paul Wolfowitz Would Make a Good World Bank President.

The director of the Institute for Policy Studies lists why ex-US Assistant Secretary of Defense is 'qualified' for the role.....

Protestors arrested at G8 summit.

Campaigners targetted the Environment Summit to raise awareness of Africa's need for water.

UK Development Aid Fuels Climate Change and Poverty.

A FoE report claims that government aid supports energy projects which benefit UK and US oil companies, but do little to help the countries where they are based.

'Best blogs on the web' honoured.

The prize for the best British blog and the lifetime achievement award went to plasticBag.org, a site dedicated to musings about people and new media.

Africa report demands aid boost.

The UK-led Commission for Africa has urged wealthy nations to double their aid to the continent.

Apple v. ThinkSecret : confidentiality of sources must be respected.

Reporters Without Borders call for online journalists, as well as journalist website operators and bloggers, to be accorded the same legal protections as journalists with the traditional press.

Pan-European conference on Intellectual Property (IP) is announced.

UK Government is backing the conference in November, which will seek to find 21st century solutions to protect our creativity, ideas and innovation.

UK climbs EU e-government league.

An EC report ranks the UK third out of 28, after Sweden and Austria, in its online public service "sophistication".