30/01/2004   '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'.

 30/01/2004   The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is escalating, say Aid agencies
30/01/2004   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.
30/01/2004   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.

 30/01/2004   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.'

 16/01/2004   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.
16/01/2004   Polio should be history within 12 months

At a high-level meeting in Geneva, Ministers from polio-endemic countries unveiled a bold new plan to immunize 250 million children during 2004.

 16/01/2004   World Social Forum is held in Mumbai 16-21 January

The WSF has begun - on 16 January, the reality of the World Social Forum took shape in the thousands that joined in solidarity with music and dance.

 16/01/2004   World 'going too slow on poverty'

The World Economic Forum says efforts towards achieving the UN's Millennium Development Goals are faltering badly. It meets in the Swiss resort of Davos from 21 to 25 January.