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Privacy International report on transfer of PNR data to USA

Report discloses covert EU strategy to establish regime of global travel surveillance. Negotiations by the European Commission described as "systematic deception and subterfuge".

Lawyers attack terror trial plans.

David Blunkett is considering non-jury trials, to happen in secret. These have been condemned by a group of leading barristers.

Chea Vichea, president of the Cambodian Free Trade Union of Workers, was fatally shot.

ABC news reports on the latest in a series of 'suspected political killings of critics of the ruling party.'

Everyone got it wrong about Iraq.'

The online publication Spiked examines the claim that 'Saddam Hussein's Iraq had weapons so deadly that only all-out war could neuter their threat to mankind'.

'Everyone got it wrong about Iraq.'

The online publication Spiked examines the claim that 'Saddam Hussein's Iraq had weapons so deadly that only all-out war could neuter their threat to mankind'.

Solar Powered London Homes:

Ken Livingstone is spearheading a move to ensure that "the vast majority" of new homes in London are powered by solar panels under new proposals which come into force next month. The Independent reports.

The European Women's Lobby (EWL) welcomes the own initiative report.

They say the report, by Marianne Eriksson, opens a new debate on the sex industry and its consequences for women, gender equality and gender violence.

The UK's historic Privy Council is hearing a challenge to the construction of the Chalillo dam in Belize.

David Shukman for BBC News reports: 'I hadn't realised how advanced the project was: heavy vehicles were in place along with a massive rock-crusher and two storage towers for cement.'

Scots farmed salmon top world 'toxic league table'

A scientific study has found farmed salmon contains significantly more pollutants than wild salmon; Scottish and Faroese farmed salmon have more contaminants than salmon raised elsewhere.