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Privacy groups express concern as Yahoo unveils its new location tool to support a growing generation of web services.

Search engine giant Google is urged to comply with California law and provide a homepage privacy policy link.

Radical Islamists are apparently being offered the chance to attack a US base in Iraq as the prize in a contest to design a new website for an Iraqi militant group.

The UK is failing to exploit farm wastes and specially-grown crops which could provide heat and energy, government advisers say.

The scandal over the Iraqi prisoner abuse pictures has left the US authorities battling to control the flow of information, writes the BBC's Robert Plummer.

An international accord which aims to regulate trade in genetically-modified goods comes into force.

An international agreement on regulating the trade in genetically-modified products may fall foul of world trade rules, experts believe.

As American taxpayers file their annual returns, a watchdog warns that investigation of tax dodgers has hit a new low.

San Francisco launches an anti-hate campaign to tackle racism a year after the 11 September attacks.

The US president says turf battles over his proposed Homeland Security Department are to be expected, as he drums up support for the plan.

President Bush creates a vast new department for US security and intelligence after the failure to prevent the 11 September attacks.

President George W Bush plans a shake-up of agencies charged with protecting Americans as the FBI comes under Senate scrutiny.

Children have been able to get access to hardcore pornography by using new file-sharing software, a US Congressional report warns.

Terrorists are not just exploring weapons of mass destruction but also weapons of mass disruption, said the director of the Global Organised Crime Project on Friday.

New arrangements to spread asylum-seekers in clusters around the country are coming into effect, aimed at relieving the pressure on port areas.

Thanks to the Internet Fadma Bouadou can now sell her wares in the global marketplace, earning enough money to take care of herself and two daughters.

Brussels correspondent David Shukman finds chaos and confusion where once there was calm and self-assurance - at European Commission headquarters.

In a previous programme, we asked whether the decision to lift the ban on ivory trading is good for elephants and good for Africa.

New York traders test their computer systems to see whether they are millennium proof or at risk of crashing after December 31, 1999.

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