With the advent of "World Wide Web", the Cyberspace has spread its tenatacles throughout the globe bringing in its wake highly controversial issues. Despite advantages of this matrix of immense utility, the Internet poses potential threat to the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) of incurring liability for no fault of theirs.

Used phony journals to push Vioxx pharma giant Merck has been accused of using unscrupulous methods, including publication of fake journals, to promote its anti-arthritis drug Vioxx. The evidence against Merck was presented before an Australian court in May after it began hearing a four-year-old lawsuit. Merck paid a well-known academic publisher, Elsevier, to compile favourable

http://www.circleofblue.org Nations and borders are artificial constructs. From space the Earth looks like a circle of blue. That is the message that runs through www.circleofblue.org. The site tries to unravel the complexities of the global freshwater crisis. It has three tools for the purpose: reportage; research papers and innovative communications tools. The website aggregates

? The Act does not cover Jammu and Kashmir. Wajahat Habibullah is currently the chief information commissioner, Central Information Commission.
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? Reasons for seeking information need not be given.
? If the officer concerned does not respond, he is liable to pay a penalty to be deducted from his salary.

China's central government has repeatedly declared its intention to clean up the environment, from the smoggy skies of Beijing to the scummy green waters of Lake Tai in the Yangtze delta. However, ensuring that intentions are translated promptly, fairly and efficiently into action across the provinces is often a problem. Two non-governmental organizations (NGOs) may be about to change this.

Some people refuse to believe that HIV causes AIDS, despite all the evidence that it does

Techniques to improve the nutritional content and processing of crops are better spread using video, suggests a programme in Benin.

Land administration is not an easy task in India where different methods exist with a lack of effort at bringing commonality into the system of land records. Ensuring transparency, accountability and efficiency in the age-old institutional arrangement is difficult.

Google faces roadblocks in Greece. The country

Impressive economic gains in Asia and the Pacific have been accompanied by a decline in the region's natural capital and unprecedented levels of air and water pollution. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of people in the region are still not enjoying the benefits of recent economic expansion.

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