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is 6-12 June. Events around the world will generate media coverage of problems caused by the flood of guns and work being done to stop it.

Human Rights watchdog Privacy International has criticised the UK government for demonstrating a “total absence of reason” in its re-introduced Identity Cards legislation.

Crooks who ripped off the government of more than £2m through a fraudulent computer skills training course have been jailed for a total of nine and a half years.

Reporters Without Borders expressed concern at a new decree governing registration of websites, put forward by the Ukrainian Ministry of Transport and Communication.

On June 23 2005, Privacy International will stage the 7th annual UK Big Brother Awards to recognise the people and organisations that have done the most to devastate privacy & civil liberties in the UK.

Amnesty International, Anti-Slavery International, the National Federation of Women's Institutes and UNICEF UK call for action at Council of Europe's Summit in Warsaw.

A project report asserts that the use of OSS can offer a cost-effective alternative to proprietary software.

Kuwaiti women can vote and run for elections for the first time after the all-male parliament passed a historic suffrage bill.

A long and expensive study comparing the environmental impacts of disposable and cloth nappies is seriously flawed, say Women’s Environmental Network (WEN).

The BBC has opened up its content more so that people can use news stories and headlines on their own sites.