Arsonist Hunt As 100 Fires Rage

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27 December 2001
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Arsonists are being blamed for most of the bushfires that are raging throughout NSW, destroying homes and threatening lives in a destructive rampage that is expected to get worse by the weekend

Greens Demand Invitation of Afghan Women to Bonn Talks on the Future of Afghanistan

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30 November 2001
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Outraged at the exclusion of the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, Greens call democracy impossible without representation of women. US Green Party officers travel to Europe for meetings with Green members of European parliaments and other Green officials and the European Federation of Green Parties

30 Countries Sign Controversial Cybercrime Treaty

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29 November 2001
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A little-noticed provision in the new anti-terrorism act imposes US cyber crime laws on other nations, whether they like it or not. And in related news, thirty countries signed a controversial international treaty to combat online crime last week. Representatives of 26 Council of Europe member states, plus the US, Canada, Japan, and South Africa, put their signatures on the document at the international Convention on Cybercrime meeting in Budapest

US shuts down Somalia internet

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25 November 2001
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Somalia‘s only internet company and a key telecoms business have been forced to close because the United States suspects them of terrorist links. Both companies have stated they are not linked to terrorists. Along with denying all internet access to Somalis, the closures have severely restricted international telephone lines and shut down vitally needed money transfer facilities

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