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THE French have greeted the decision to put Jacques Chirac on trial for misappropriation of public funds with mixed feelings. A surprising number of politicians have suggested that the former president should be left in peace. But voters seem pleased[...]

The Regent's Park has a fantastic landscape designed by renowned architect John Nash, and the largest outdoor sports area in London.

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Just putting computers in front of those who need them is not enough. First, they must want them. That is the lesson of Little Intelligent Communities (LINCOS), the world's first pilot information and communication technology project in Costa Rica, which[...]

If you work for yourself the chances are you are feeling nervous. For many self-employed people, small business owners and freelance workers orders are already drying up as budgets are cut and belts are tightened further along the chain.

Mohamed Shommo, an engineer for Cisco Systems Inc., travels overseas several times a year for work, so he is accustomed to opening his bags for border inspections upon returning to the U.S. But in recent years, these inspections have gone much deeper[...]

In the course of 1996-97, the Flemish government connected its complete public library system to the internet. Although the main objective was of course to provide all citizens with an access to information worldwide, the underlying aim was to install[...]

Why worry about Internet access for poverty-stricken people in developing countries? Because a large disparity in income causes resentment, which may in turn lead to radicalism and to horrible attacks, such as occurred in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.[...]

SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA – Just putting computers in front of those who need them is not enough. First, they must want them. That is the lesson of Little Intelligent Communities (LINCOS), the world's first pilot information and communication technology[...]

The College's online journals, which include the British Journal of Psychiatry, the Psychiatric Bulletin and Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, are to become free to access, on a country by country basis, in developing countries. This will allow many[...]