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A senior UN official says its peacekeepers failed the victims of mass rape in eastern DR Congo, and says the numbers affected are double the previous estimate. Full story >>>

Property giant Connaught is expected to formally enter administration later, putting thousands of jobs at risk. Full story >>>

A small US church says it will defy international condemnation and go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary. Full story >>>

Scottish ministers are setting out their final programme for government before next May's Holyrood election. Full story >>>

Business Secretary Vince Cable is expected to signal a squeeze on government funding for scientific research, urging universities to do 'more for less'. Full story >>>

One of the post-mortem examination reports into the death of Ian Tomlinson has been withheld from authorities, it emerges. Full story >>>

The xx beat late favourite Paul Weller to win this year's Mercury Prize for their debut album xx. Full story >>>

The details of driving test routes will no longer be published online by the Driving Standards Agency, Road Safety Minister Mike Penning says. Full story >>>

Millions of pounds is lost in England by the failure of the NHS to provide more obesity operations, a study says. Full story >>>

Experts from the US space agency Nasa speak about tips they have given 33 trapped Chilean miners to maintain their psychological health. Full story >>>

A senior UN official says its peacekeepers failed the victims of mass rape in DR Congo, with the numbers affected double the previous estimate. Full story >>>

A powerful politician accused of murdering scores of people in the worst political massacre in the Philippines goes on trial in Manila. Full story >>>

A small US church says it will defy international condemnation and go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran on the 9/11 anniversary. Full story >>>

A powerful aftershock near the New Zealand city of Christchurch causes further damage and sends residents running into the streets, reports say. Full story >>>

At least 15 people are killed after gunmen burst into a shoe factory in a city in northern Honduras and open fire with automatic weapons. Full story >>>

A diplomatic row between China and Japan intensifies after collisions between two Japanese patrol boats and a Chinese trawler. Full story >>>

Vodafone pockets $6.5bn ion cash following the sale of its 3.2% stake in China's biggest wireless operator, China Mobile. Full story >>>

Experts from the US space agency Nasa speak about tips they have given 33 trapped Chilean miners to maintain their psychological health. Full story >>>

More than one million protesters join rallies across France and a national strike causes major disruption, amid rising anger over pension reforms. Full story >>>

Billionaire investor George Soros is to give $100m to the organisation Human Rights Watch over the next 10 years. Full story >>>

Calls for different degrees of murder charges have received the backing of the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, the BBC learns. Full story >>>

Property giant Connaught is expected to formally enter administration later, putting thousands of jobs at risk. Full story >>>

One of the post-mortem examination reports into the death of Ian Tomlinson has been withheld from authorities, it emerges. Full story >>>

Scottish ministers are setting out their final programme for government before next May's Holyrood election. Full story >>>

Business Secretary Vince Cable is expected to signal a squeeze on government funding for scientific research, urging universities to do 'more for less'. Full story >>>

Millions of pounds is lost in England by the failure of the NHS to provide more obesity operations, a study says. Full story >>>

Vice-chancellors warn that the traditional university experience could become the preserve of an elite. Full story >>>

Job appointments grew at their slowest rate in 10 months in August, raising questions about the strength of the UK job market, a survey suggests. Full story >>>

Posters advertising the Stansted Express are banned for implying the train would reach central London in 35 minutes, a watchdog says. Full story >>>

The London Underground begins to return to normal after a 24-hour strike which saw millions of Londoners face long delays and severe disruptions. Full story >>>

PM David Cameron appealed to Colonel Gaddafi over the stalled probe into the death of Pc Yvonne Fletcher, it emerges. Full story >>>

Business Secretary Vince Cable is expected to signal a squeeze on government funding for scientific research, urging universities to do 'more for less'. Full story >>>

A top government adviser says ministers may need to stop workers bringing families in order to meet an immigration cap. Full story >>>

The government's fixed-term parliaments bill could be vulnerable to legal challenge, the Commons' top official warns. Full story >>>

David Cameron returns to work following paternity leave telling his cabinet "this is the time the rubber hits the road". Full story >>>

Diane Abbott warns against "anointing" Labour's next leader, saying the party must show it has "moved on" from Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Full story >>>

Eric Pickles defends the decision to scrap the Audit Commission, saying the organisation is "living on past glory". Full story >>>

The government receives 56 requests to set up local business groups - amid concerns some could be too small and lack clout. Full story >>>

An influential committee of MPs will conduct a new inquiry into the unauthorised hacking of mobile phones and voicemail messages. Full story >>>

A rundown of the five candidates in the race to be the next Labour leader. Full story >>>

Astronomers spot the tell-tale signs of so-called "dwarf galaxies" being digested by much bigger spiral galaxies. Full story >>>

Scientists carry out the first rigorous analysis of dance moves that make men attractive to women. Full story >>>

Business Secretary Vince Cable is expected to signal a squeeze on government funding for scientific research, urging universities to do 'more for less'. Full story >>>

Europe's gravity probe, Goce, is returned to health after being knocked offline because some onboard systems got too cold as the satellite circled the Earth. Full story >>>

High definition (HD) video is being used to assess how wave energy devices will affect the ecology of coastal areas. Full story >>>

Some of the UK's rarest bumblebees are at risk of becoming extinct as a result of inbreeding, research suggests. Full story >>>

A study suggests climate change is not responsible for civil wars in Africa, challenging widely held assumptions. Full story >>>

A massive expansion is to take place at Europe's largest onshore wind farm in East Renfrewshire. Full story >>>

Carbon-rich organic molecules, which serve as the building blocks of life, may be present on Mars after all, say scientists. Full story >>>

Cockroach and locust brains are a rich source of antibiotics powerful enough to tackle MRSA, researchers say. Full story >>>

England striker Wayne Rooney scores to help his side beat Switzerland 3-1 in Basle in their Euro 2012 qualifier. Full story >>>

Stephen McManus scores in the dying seconds to defeat Liechtenstein in their Euro 2012 qualifier and save Scotland from one of their most embarrassing results. Full story >>>

Rafael Nadal beats Feliciano Lopez in straight sets to reach the US Open quarter-finals. Full story >>>

England record their seventh successive victory in Twenty20 internationals and a 2-0 series win over Pakistan with an emphatic six-wicket victory in Cardiff. Full story >>>

Tiger Woods is selected in the United States Ryder Cup team for Celtic Manor, as one of four wildcards along with Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson and Rickie Fowler. Full story >>>

Arsenal striker Robin van Persie will be sidelined with an ankle injury until at least mid-October. Full story >>>

Sheffield Wednesday are saved from administration after reaching an agreement with their bank over an unpaid tax bill, BBC Radio Sheffield understands. Full story >>>

The Republic of Ireland make it two wins from two games in the Euro 2012 qualifiers but have to struggle for periods in the victory over Andorra. Full story >>>

England Under-21s qualify for the 2011 European Championship play-offs after they beat a stubborn Lithuania. Full story >>>

Chris Maguire's superb late strike sends Scotland into the European Championship play-offs with a win over Austria. Full story >>>

On 10 October 2010, let's start Going Greener with practical projects to cut the carbon in our unis, schools & colleges. Register your event and receive a free 10:10 sticker. Full story >>>

New freshers' week packs are available from People & Planet - order yours today Full story >>>

Training for everyone with a People & Planet volunteer post will take place on the 6 and 7 September in the People & Planet support office, Oxford. Full story >>>

Help us get a result: sign our petition to keep sustainable education and the vision of a low-carbon society for all young people Full story >>>

Cardiff People & Planet-run 'Your Uni Fruit and Veg Co-op' wins the Green Gown Award 2010 for Student Initiatives and Campaigns. Full story >>>

Students from across the UK will take part in a mass skype call on 18 August at 6pm to share campaign tips and Freshers' week plans for the year ahead. Full story >>>

People & Planet is hosting a Green League consultation event on Thursday 16 September at Oxford Brookes University. Students are invited. Full story >>>

With AS and A Level results just around the corner, People & Planet can help you to get your voice heard whatever your future holds Full story >>>

Students shared ideas for creating low-carbon Transition Universities during a Going Greener Open Space session held at People & Planet's Summer Gathering 2010. Full story >>>

Nike finally cough up $1.54 million to workers in Honduras who were left without severance pay after factory closures. Full story >>>

On 10 October 2010, let's start Going Greener with practical projects to cut the carbon in our unis, schools & colleges. Register your event and receive a free 10:10 sticker. Full story >>>

New freshers' week packs are available from People & Planet - order yours today Full story >>>

Training for everyone with a People & Planet volunteer post will take place on the 6 and 7 September in the People & Planet support office, Oxford. Full story >>>

Help us get a result: sign our petition to keep sustainable education and the vision of a low-carbon society for all young people Full story >>>

Cardiff People & Planet-run 'Your Uni Fruit and Veg Co-op' wins the Green Gown Award 2010 for Student Initiatives and Campaigns. Full story >>>

Students from across the UK will take part in a mass skype call on 18 August at 6pm to share campaign tips and Freshers' week plans for the year ahead. Full story >>>

People & Planet is hosting a Green League consultation event on Thursday 16 September at Oxford Brookes University. Students are invited. Full story >>>

With AS and A Level results just around the corner, People & Planet can help you to get your voice heard whatever your future holds Full story >>>

Students shared ideas for creating low-carbon Transition Universities during a Going Greener Open Space session held at People & Planet's Summer Gathering 2010. Full story >>>

Nike finally cough up $1.54 million to workers in Honduras who were left without severance pay after factory closures. Full story >>>

For the last three years, Cheney's People and Planet group have organized loads of exciting school events for World AIDS Day on 1 December and this year was no exception. Full story >>>

The Forum is P&P's democratic decision-making event - submit your proposals by 8 December Full story >>>

For P&Per Kirsty Styles, Barack Obama's victory rapidly went from tangible, to imminent, to - 634 days after his campaign began - confirmed, making him the first ever African-American President of the US. Kirsty reflects on the opportunities and challenges this may bring to campaigners. Full story >>>

The largest student conference in the UK on Poverty, Human Rights and the Environment is less than 3 weeks away. Here's why we think you should come.. Full story >>>

Here's why you should put it in your diary and book your place now... Full story >>>

Order a pack with the film 'Can pay, Should pay' and see why the government has no excuse not to Treat AIDS Now. Full story >>>

A report on, and the outcomes of, People & Planet's annual decision making event, The Forum, which was held in Manchester between Friday 7 and Sunday 9 March 2008. Full story >>>

MPs challenged and campaigning celebrated, students gathered in London on 11 March to push government to take tough action on access to treatment. Full story >>>

Malmesbury School makes it onto the front cover of local newspapers during Treat AIDS Now's Week of Action. Jason Peel, Malmesbury Sixth Form student reports: Full story >>>

Oxford University student and Campaign Advocate Nick Chan reports: Oxford University People & Planet met with local Oxford West MP Evan Harris just before the Treat AIDS Now Week of Action to press him to include our campaign demands in his work in Parliament and to present him with the action c… Full story >>>

Cardiff People & Planet-run 'Your Uni Fruit and Veg Co-op' wins the Green Gown Award 2010 for Student Initiatives and Campaigns. Full story >>>

People & Planet is hosting a Green League consultation event on Thursday 16 September at Oxford Brookes University. Students are invited. Full story >>>

People & Planet welcomes NUS' commitment to move to a cleaner, greener bank after years of joint campaigning to stop RBS investing in fossil fuels. Full story >>>

Will heading off to uni in September increase or decrease your carbon footprint? People & Planet's Green League 2010, published this week, reveals that your choice of uni could make all the difference! Full story >>>

Could the new Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills help stop banks like RBS funding climate chaos with public money? Full story >>>

Protesters around the UK besieged RBS yesterday on the day of its AGM calling for an end to financial backing for fossil fuels driving climate change Full story >>>

Campaign groups met with RBS executives including Sir Philip Hampton, RBS Group Chairman, as part of the Ditch Dirty Development campaign to challenge RBS- investments in controversial projects such as tar sands. Full story >>>

Protests are taking place today across the UK demanding RBS stops backing tar sands extraction with taxpayers' money. Protesters will be joined in Edinburgh by a First Nations woman who will question RBS bosses directly over the bank's involvement with tar sands firms destroying her commun… Full story >>>

Just two days into our Week of Action to get Royal Bank of Scotland to stop using public money to back Canada's disastrous tar sands extraction project, chairman Sir Philip Hampton has offered to meet with People & Planet, PLATFORM and World Development Movement. Full story >>>

Climate Campers will join People & Planet in targetting Royal Bank of Scotland over massive fossil fuel investments with public money. The announcement comes one week before People & Planet's week of action and the bailed-out bank's Annual General Meeting in Edinburgh Full story >>>

Don't miss your chance to win fantastic designer prizes Full story >>>

Lisa Butcher gives her support to People & Planet's Wear Fair campaign for Fairtrade school uniforms and sports kits. Full story >>>

Watch students delivering your messages to Asda during Fairtrade Fortnight demanding Fairtrade cotton uniforms Full story >>>

Students at City & Islington College made mini-movies and spray-painted t-shirts to raise awareness of climate change and human rights in clothing supply chains at their Sustainability and Volunteering Conference last week. Full story >>>

Edinburgh University is hosting a FREE conference aimed at getting more Fairtrade products into universities and colleges around Scotland. Full story >>>

Students at Barrs Hill school, Coventry, promote the Fair trade message to the local Tamil community. Full story >>>

We now have -500 worth of vouchers for Emma Watson's exclusive new People Tree collection to give away to the winners of our Wear Fair fashion show competition. Full story >>>

Sibford school-s People & Planet group have stormed ahead with the Wear Fair campaign for Fairtrade cotton, and have convinced the school to stock Fairtrade cotton t-shirts ready for their summer sports day. Full story >>>

Students at Princethorpe College wowed the school with their Fairtrade fashion show yesterday Full story >>>

Take part in the Big Swap to Fairtrade cotton in schools and colleges Full story >>>

Don't miss your chance to win fantastic designer prizes Full story >>>

Lisa Butcher gives her support to People & Planet's Wear Fair campaign for Fairtrade school uniforms and sports kits. Full story >>>

Watch students delivering your messages to Asda during Fairtrade Fortnight demanding Fairtrade cotton uniforms Full story >>>

Students at Princethorpe College wowed the school with their Fairtrade fashion show yesterday Full story >>>

Take part in the Big Swap to Fairtrade cotton in schools and colleges Full story >>>

Dramatic success for People & Planet's Wear Fair campaign as retail giant agrees to double it's stock of Fairtrade cotton school uniforms Full story >>>

It was a year of twists, turns and amazing successes. Three new campaigns were launched. Thousands more people got involved and we found exciting new ways to work together as an incredible, powerful, inspirational network. Full story >>>

People & Planet joins with students from the US in day of action against trade union busting in Honduras, as university boycott becomes 'biggest ever'. Full story >>>

Under pressure from the international boycott campaign, Fruit of the Loom subsidiary Russell release 'Corrective Action Plan'. Serious doubts are expressed by workers' rights groups as to the credibility of the plan. Full story >>>

The Scottish Greens show support for-People and Planet's campaign to curb exploitation in the garment industry Full story >>>

<p>Packages for the release of the <a href="http://dot.kde.org/2010/08/31/kde-releases-451">KDE Software Compilation 4.5.1</a> are available.</p> <p>Bugs in packaging should be reported to <a href="https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa">k… Full story >>>

<p>The beta of 10.10 is available now for download and upgrade by testers.</p> <p>Kubuntu will release version 10.10, the Maverick Meerkat, in October 2010. With this Beta pre-release, we are introducing some new and interesting things in preparation for the next official version o… Full story >>>

<p>Both Kubuntu and Kubuntu Netbook Remix are now updated to 10.04.1. These new ISO images are updated to include all the post-release fixes delivered since Kubuntu and Kubuntu Netbook Remix were released. This release includes updated desktop installation CDs for the i386 and amd64 architec… Full story >>>

<p>Top music player Amarok has a <a href="http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.3.2/beta/1">new beta release</a> out for testing. </p> <p>This is beta software so expect bugs. Bugs in packaging should be reported to <a href="https://bugs.edge.launchpad… Full story >>>

<p><a href="http://kde.org/announcements/4.5/"><img src="http://kde.org/announcements/4.5/images/kde45-small.png" /></a></p> <p>Packages for the release of the <a href="http://kde.org/announcements/4.5/">KDE Software Compilation… Full story >>>

<p>The <a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/MaverickMeerkat/Alpha3/Kubuntu">third alpha of Maverick Meerkat</a> has been released. This contains a release candidate version of KDE Platform and Plasma 4.5.</p> <p>Other highlights of Alpha 3 include:</p> <… Full story >>>

<p><a href="http://www.koffice.org/news/koffice-2-2-1-released/">KOffice 2.2.1</a> is out. Users of Kubuntu 10.04 can install it from lucid-backport, just enable "Unsupported Updates" in your <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Kubun… Full story >>>

<p>For those wanting the latest crack-of-the-week, packages for the release of the <a href="http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.5-rc2.php">KDE Software Compilation 4.5 RC 2</a> are available.</p> <p>This is release candidate software so expect bugs. Bugs … Full story >>>

<p><a href="https://wiki.kubuntu.org/MaverickMeerkat/Alpha2/Kubuntu">Maverick Alpha 2</a> is now available for testing. This is an early release of our next version of Kubuntu.</p> <p>This release comes on one CD/USB image for both Desktop and Netbook, loading… Full story >>>

<p>For those wanting the latest crack-of-the-week, packages for the release of the <a href="http://kde.org/announcements/announce-4.5-rc1.php">KDE Software Compilation 4.5 RC 1</a> are available.</p> <p>This is release candidate software so expect bugs. Bugs … Full story >>>

<h4>Monday unveiling</h4> <p>At next week's <a href="http://www.intel.com/idf/" target="_blank">Intel Developer Forum</a>, Chipzilla will unveil its long-awaited Sandy Bridge microarchitecture — and the more we learn about it, the more it appears to share with AMD's o… Full story >>>

<h4>Wielding the executioner's axe for Ellison</h4> <p><strong>Comment</strong> It's going to be a long time before Oracle can take on the likes of HP and IBM for the IT-market crown. But before he retires, you can bet Larry Ellison's last billion bucks that he most sur… Full story >>>

<h4>Drops 60s psychedelia API</h4> <p>Mozilla has released a fifth Firefox 4 beta, offering graphics hardware acceleration on Windows and a new API that lets site developers code pages that visually display audio data inside the browser.…</p> Full story >>>

<h4>When infringement is big business</h4> <p>A copyright enforcement service has filed a lawsuit seeking $150,000 from Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle for posting two newspaper articles without authorization.…</p> Full story >>>

<h4>BP spilled $3.6m in Gulf spin campaign</h4> <p>Following its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, BP went from spending about $57,000 a month on Google search ads to an enormous $3.6 million outlay for the month of June alone, according to a report citing internal Google documents.… Full story >>>

<h4>HP 'idiots' threaten Oracle relationship, says Larry</h4> <p><strong>Updated</strong> Hewlett-Packard has sued disgraced former chief executive Mark Hurd in an effort to stop him from joining Oracle.…</p><p><strong><small><a href="http:/… Full story >>>

<h4>6,671 travelers searched (so far)</h4> <p>Privacy advocates have sued the Obama administration over its practice of seizing laptops, cell phones, and other devices at US borders and copying their contents even when the owner isn't suspected of wrongdoing.…</p> Full story >>>

<h4>Foundem claims 'diversionary straw man tactics'</h4> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.foundem.co.uk/">Foundem</a> — the UK-based vertical search outfit involved in antitrust investigations of Google in both <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/09/03… Full story >>>

<h4>Kindle online game player?</h4> <p>Amazon has poached one of the brains behind Microsoft's fabulously successful Xbox and Xbox Live, hinting at a rival cloud-based gaming strategy.…</p> Full story >>>

<h4>One-click vuln 'ridiculously easy to attack'</h4> <p>Twitter has been bitten by a hard-to-kill web-application bug that's being actively exploited to steal users' authentication credentials, a security expert said Tuesday.…</p> Full story >>>

I've just spent a couple of hours adding some basic microformat support to this site. You might have seen the Find Articles on New Internationalist -type Operator Userscript I made the other day. I thought I should make one for here too! So this is one that adds a "Find articles from Charlie" to you… Full story >>>

This is a little Operator Userscript that adds a "Find articles on New Internationalist" to your tagspaces options. BTW New Internationalist's soon-to-be-launched new site will have lots of microformat goodness rolled in. Exciting. Full story >>>

This turned out to be a three pipe problem; all I wanted to do was not to run OpenBSD's send mail daemon, yet still be able to send mail from that box. It turns out that there's a simple answer in the post Improving Sendmail Security by Turning it Off, by Hal Pomeranz. From the post: Note tha… Full story >>>

A little perl script to send you a daily agenda email from your chandler hub account. Discussed in depth on the page Getting Chandler Hub to send a daily agenda by email. Full story >>>

This is the code for my Daily Mail Story Generator, which I have just added a page for. This code generates the story, which I then parse into html to fit into my site hierarchy. It is a fairly trivial bit of code, but then so are the journalists who it mocks. *hehe* Full story >>>

ALF is a little project on which I'm working. Its a SQL based Apache Log Filter for web admins who need a little more flexibility, but are using text logging. This is an ogg theora preview of the alpha. The finished program will be a lot easier to use and friendlier, but, you know I'm easily excited… Full story >>>