ICTD News for 01 February 2005

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CONTENTS

E-GOVERNANCE/E-GOVERNMENT
	Access to Information is a Human Right

TECHNOLOGY/R&D
	Microsoft launches its own search

CAPACITY BUILDING
	NGO Boosts Farmers With ICT Project

SUCCESS STORIES
	Bangalore faces e-waste hazards




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E-GOVERNANCE/E-GOVERNMENT
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---- Access to Information is a Human Right
The United Nation Scientific and Cultural Organization, (UNESCO), Communication and Information Advisor for West Africa, Hezekiel Dlamini has called on African governments to see access to information as a human right. 
http://www.sdnp.undp.org/perl/news/articles.pl?id=7364&do=gpage




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TECHNOLOGY/R&D
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---- Microsoft launches its own search
Microsoft has unveiled the finished version of its home-grown search engine. Microsoft is keen to make its home-grown search engine a significant rival to Google. 
http://www.sdnp.undp.org/perl/news/articles.pl?id=7362&do=gpage




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CAPACITY BUILDING
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---- NGO Boosts Farmers With ICT Project
Information Communication Technology for African Rural Development (ICTARD), an NGO working with Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFE) has launched a pilot project which will merge information communications technology (ICT) into the agricultural sector.
http://www.sdnp.undp.org/perl/news/articles.pl?id=7365&do=gpage




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SUCCESS STORIES
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---- Bangalore faces e-waste hazards
A time bomb is ticking in Bangalore, India's hi-tech capital, but most of its six million inhabitants are largely unaware of the threat. Home to more than 1,200 foreign and domestic technology firms, Bangalore figures prominently in the danger list of cities faced with e-waste hazard. 
http://www.sdnp.undp.org/perl/news/articles.pl?id=7363&do=gpage




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