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["Mary A. Axford" <mary.axford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

EX-CIA CHIEF GATES WARNS ON CYBERTERROR
(Yahoo) Cyberterrorism could be the most devastating weapon of mass 
destruction yet and could cripple the U.S. economy, former CIA (news - web 
sites) Director Robert Gates said at a terrorism conference Saturday.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041205/ap_on_hi_te/gates_terrorism 

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ARAB INTERNET USERS ARE CAUGHT IN A TERRIBLE WEB
(Daily Star) A study of 11 countries by HRINFO, finds many of the area's 
estimated 14 million Internet users facing shutdowns of Web sites, the 
closing of Internet cafes and prosecution for a variety of crimes, real or 
imagined.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=10736
Related Article: The Internet In The Arab World: A New Space Of Repression
http://www.hrinfo.net/en/reports/net2004/

LOCAL E-DEMOCRACY UK PROJECT CLAIMS EARLY SUCCESS
(PublicTechnology.net) The local e-Democracy National Project, set up to 
enable people to get involved in the local democratic process, has claimed 
successful pilot activity.
http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2209v
Related Articles: UK Local Government Uses Web Chat To Foster Community 
Engagement
http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;1080410120;fp;4;fpid;21
Parliamentary Committee To Review E-voting
http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?NewsID=2779&Page=1&pagePos=4

NEW MEDIA BATTLE FOR BAFTA AWARDS
(BBC) The BBC leads the nominations for the Bafta Interactive Awards, 
including one for the Radio Times website and one for Sport Interactive's 
Euro 2004
coverage.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4076147.stm

UK LAUNCHES G8 WEBSITE
(Politics) The official website of the UK's presidency of the G8 has gone 
live today.
http://www.politics.co.uk/foreign-policy/uk-launches-g8-website-$7284007.htm

WEB USERS FROM 140 COUNTRIES VISIT INTERNATIONAL LAW SITE
(Government Technology) Less than six weeks after its launch, the 
Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) Web portal is 
drawing hundreds of visitors a day from 140 countries worldwide.
http://www.govtech.net/?pg=news/news&id=92304
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