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Suitability of Creative Commons for the UK Public Sector analysed in new report.
The Common Information Environment (CIE) today published the results of a study into the applicability of the international Creative Commons licenses to a range of UK public sector resources.
IAEA and ElBaradei Share Nobel Peace Prize.
Mohamed ElBaradei and the International Atomic Energy Agency that he heads have won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.
Our internet secrets stored for decades.
Privacy groups want the law changed to stop Google using, or divulging to outside agencies, the vast amount of personal data it has access to.
Refugee protection is an obligation, not a choice.
UNHCR's Director of International Protection said that giving asylum cannot be construed as a hostile act. It is a humanitarian necessity. An increasingly hostile environment hampers UN efforts to protect refugees.
Unifying Darfur's Rebels: A Prerequisite for Peace.
The International Crisis Group reports that insecurity in Darfur remains pervasive despite a decline in direct, large-scale fighting between the government and the two main rebel movements.
WSIS PrepCom3 meetings accused of elitism.
In meetings preparing for WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society) the civil society and then the private sector condemned the decision taken in some meetings to exclude everyone but government officials.
Cow dung for the climate.
A model biogas project using gas generated from cattle dung in rural Nepal has lit around 140,000 kitchens, saving 400,000 tonnes of firewood, 800,000 litres of kerosene and preventing 600,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases from escaping into the atmosphere. The scheme recently won the renowned Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy and is already being replicated in some Asian and African countries.
EU deal threatens end to US dominance of internet.
The EU have called for, in essence, a new version of the current overseeing body ICANN and an end to the US government's overall control of the Domain Name System. But
the US has rejected this.
GM crop impact 'lasts two years'.
A follow-up to the UK's major trial of genetically modified crops, the Farm Scale Evaluations, finds that impacts on wildlife can persist for two years.
Refugees are burned alive as violence returns to Darfur.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said people in a refugee camp and local villagers had been attacked by 300 "armed Arab men on horses and camels".