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Five Britons released from Guantanamo Bay
have not been convicted and face no charges here, but some may be unwilling to treat them as "innocent until proven guilty".
An International peacekeeping force is arriving in Haiti.
The country, that has seen over 30 coups and the effects of 'humanitarian intervention', is 'the poorest country in the Americas'.
In Amsterdam, the future of free radio is threatened.
The mayor has granted permission to use police and riot-control forces to get rid of the country's last remaining Free Radio stations. Email 'Radio Patapoe' to support their cause.
The European Union is in favour of keeping 'free Internet'.
Zdnet reports on how politicians believe that 'giving individual governments the power to regulate the Internet would be a big mistake'.
International Women's Day is celebrated worldwide on March 8th.
The Womenkind website has some ideas on the ways you can celebrate 'womenkind'.
A new paint which can absorb noxious gases has been developed.
The paint goes on sale in Europe in March.
Esso loses its case against Greenpeace.
Greenpeace hail the win as 'a victory for freedom of expression on the web.'
Governments worldwide set targets to reduce loss of biodiversity.
However, with smaller countries feeling as though they had been 'bullied' into setting targets, and funding to ensure protection at about 10% of what it should be, fears of what real outcomes will be achieved, remain.
Reporters without Borders call for an end to the repression of members of Falun Gong.
The Chinese government have now imprisoned twenty-two members of the Falun Gong movement for 'posting "fabricated" news online'.
Computerised voting in America is causing concern.
Questions over the security of the system are undermining claims of increased democracy.