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BMA calls for safeguards on ID cards.
"Legislation to introduce national ID cards must not lead to vulnerable groups being denied access to the NHS."
India pioneers the webcast cremation.
A funeral establishment will offer live webcasts of funerals for relatives who cannot be there.
Ukraine's chorus of protest grows.
Following the dubious election result, thousands of Ukrainians vow to keep up their campaign of peaceful pressure for change.
Bhopal faces risk of 'poisoning'.
20 years after the disaster caused by Union Carbide, chemicals are still leaking into the town's water supply.
Bill Gates gets 4 million emails a day.
Microsoft's chief executive said "Bill receives 4m pieces of email per day, most of it spam."
BT told to open network to rivals.
Ofcom says BT must take action or face a Competition Commission probe.
Microsoft tells governments - Use Linux and you will be sued.
Microsoft's Asian Government Leaders Forum was told that Linux violates more than 228 patents.
Sudan: Peace Deal Must Tackle Past Human Rights Abuses.
Human Rights Watch say the UN Security Council should insist that the final peace agreement includes accountability for past abuses and protections against future ones.
Leak reveals details of eBorders trial routes.
The IBM pilot will track passengers from 10 international routes by April.
Seeds are becoming big transnational business in Iraq.
The country's subsistence farmers are losing the rights to use saved seed and their right to produce their local food.