http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/961/ en_GB_uk Western Europe http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/154708/1/ Spain's new electronic ID cards will reach 30 million citizens soon. The Interior Ministry has already distributed 1.2 million chip-based cards and expects to issue at least 800,000 more by the end of the year. http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/152726/1/ http://tv.oneworld.net/article/view/150436/1/ http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/145950/1/ Following the first-ever gathering of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF), held in Athens from 30 October to 2 November 2006, a special stock-taking session will take place next Tuesday, 13 February, at Geneva’s Palais des Nations where the participants will assess the achievements of the inaugural meeting and pave the way forward. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/138872/1/ Greenpeace International released findings that show illegal GE (genetically engineered) rice from China has contaminated food products in France, Germany and the UK. Greenpeace has notified authorities that the illegal GE rice poses serious health risks and calls upon European governments to take immediate action to protect consumers. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/137017/1/ Indian trade experts are unanimous that no deal at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) augurs better for India than a bad deal but developed nations will continue to put pressure on developing countries to open up their markets. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/129517/1/ Organic farming is taking off in a big way in Andhra Pradesh, where some farmers grew their first organic produce as early as in 1978. Grape farmers who bid goodbye to pesticides are the happiest lot with most of their produce being exported to EU. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/128849/1/ Oxfam International said that five major donor countries have failed to commit anything to a global emergency fund just days before it is officially launched by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan next Thursday. The US, Japan, Australia, Italy and Canada have not pledged a single cent to the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). France has only given just over one million dollars while poorer countries including Mexico, Grenada and Sri Lanka have all contributed to the fund. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/128678/1/ European diplomats expect Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to reform the Supreme Court which is currently based on religious law instead of civic law and only has men as judges. Both - the Europeans as well as the Afghans - accept that it is a tall order but agree that there is a need for reform in the judiciary at all levels. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/128592/1/ The European Union plans to allocate 500 million euros (600 million dollars) to combat the effects of globalisation. The European Globalisation Fund (EGF) plans to use the money in cases where the dismantling of a major company or industry sector affects at least 1,000 people or one per cent of workers within a certain region. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/127161/1/ The company uses a system to block sites carrying indecent images of children, which has been thwarting 35,000 hits a day for four months. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/126870/1/ Libraries have warned that the rise of digital publishing may make it harder or even impossible to access items in their collections in the future. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/126829/1/ WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 4 (OneWorld) - Water, water everywhere and we are duped into buying it bottled. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/126320/1/ Many students applying to university in UK to study medicine or dentistry will be required to undergo a 90-minute computer aptitude test as part of their course application. The UKCAT (UK Clinical Aptitude Test) will feature verbal reasoning, numerical reasoning, abstract reasoning and problem solving questions; it will not cover academic subjects http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/125461/1/ The United Nations has sought funding of more than one billion euros for a global campaign to fight the avian influenza even as the infection killed two people in China. Meanwhile, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said Turkey's response to the infection is satisfying.