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The US is seeking a new UN resolution that threatens Sudan with sanctions.
However, Sudan claims that the US is using a humanitarian problem for its own political purposes.
FBI action over illegal file-swap.
US agents have raided five homes across America as part of the first federal criminal copyright action taken against file-sharing networks.
Supreme Court Removes Pinochet's Immunity.
Human Rights Watch say the Chilean Supreme Court's decision to deny Augusto Pinochet immunity from prosecution for past human rights violations is an important victory for accountability.
4x4s replacing the desert camel threaten environment.
Dust storms from the Sahara have increased tenfold in 50 years, contributing to climate change, threatening human health and destroying coral reefs thousands of miles away.
Ancient Chinese remedy may provide new treatment for malaria.
An international research team made the drug after studying the chemical constituents of artemisinin, an ancient herbal remedy derived from wormwood.
Blair backs down on invite to Iraqi leader.
Tony Blair has abandoned plans to invite Iraqi leader Iyad Allawi to address the Labour party conference.
Ex-Head of MI5 says detentions 'not right'.
Dame Stella Rimington stated "It cannot be right to keep people in complete isolation, denied human contact and denied any access to the courts for an interminable length of time."
Is the government creating a 'surveillance society'?
The Information Commissioner stated that UK is in danger of ‘sleepwalking into a surveillance society’. See the arguments..
Climate change policy 'off course'.
The Commons environmental audit committee says Government targets for reduced CO emissions will not be met, and environmental taxes, particularly on road traffic, are falling rather than rising.
Darfur: Sudanese government’s claims lack credibility.
Human Rights Watch report that Khartoum is not disarming the government-backed militias, but incorporating them into security forces.