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Sustainable Development Commission issues aviation warning:
Government plans to tackle climate change will be "impossible" if it allows forecast airport expansion to go ahead.
June 20 is World Refugee Day:
This year's theme is "A Place to Call Home".
Iraq: After 30 June detainees must be charged
say Human Rights Watch. After transfer of sovereignty to an Iraqi government, international humanitarian law allows no detention without charge with a recognized crime.
Call for Nepalese schools to be peace zones.
Foreign donors and aid agencies urge Maoist rebels to end schools strike.
G8 agrees to extend debt relief for poor nations
but falls short of demands for a total write-off of loans owed by African countries.
ID cards 'alarm' information commissioner
UK's data-protection chief is concerned about the amount of information the government will collect for its ID card scheme.
Vietnam Orders Net Clampdown
Vietnam has ordered nationwide monitoring of Internet use and enforcement of regulations to stop "bad information" sent or read on the Web.
Journalist imprisoned for online articles
Iran - Reporters Without Borders call for immediate release of journalist imprisoned for 'false news'.
The government In Zimbabwe proposes obliging Internet service providers to pass on details from sensitive emails.
The Zimbabwe Internet service Providers Association (ZISPA), has responded with concerns about extending ISPs work to the monitoring of e-traffic
Amnesty International 2004 annual report
details human rights abuses in more than 100 countries.