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 January, 2004 - 01:00
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 January, 2004 - 01:00
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 January, 2004 - 01:00
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 January, 2004 - 01:00
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 January, 2004 - 01:00
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 January, 2004 - 01:00
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.
9 January, 2004 - 01:00
A report in the Guardian highlights the increasingly difficult environment that International NGOs are facing.
9 January, 2004 - 01:00
9 January, 2004 - 01:00