Government departments need to be bolder in the way they use the internet to engage with the public, a study of Whitehall websites has concluded.
Research by the Hansard Society into the way the internet can be used to let people take part in online consultations and debates found that the worst forums would stifle discussions that were critical of Government policy.
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TBILISI (AFP) — Georgia and Russia have agreed to a peace plan brokered by France after Moscow ordered a halt to its military onslaught, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said here Wednesday.
"There is a text. It has been accepted in Moscow, it was accepted here in Georgia. I have the agreement of all the protagonists," Sarkozy said at an early morning news conference in the Georgia...
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — If there is a place where heaven and hell meet, it's here. Twenty years ago this summer, a series of wildfires burned 36 percent of America's first national park, scorching huge swaths of pristine forest and killing scores of wild animals.
Today, there is new life at Yellowstone National Park, as trees have taken root among the burnt logs th...
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TORONTO — The Toronto stock market will be reacting to a mixed quarterly report from Gildan Activewear, a return to profitability for ATS Automation and news of more flooding problems at Cameco's Cigar Lake uranium mine in Saskatchewan.
The Canadian dollar opened Wednesday at 93.48 cents US, down 0.61 of a cent from Tuesday's close.
The U.S. dollar stood at C$1.0697 cents, ...
GORI, Georgia (AFP) — Separatist fighters and Russian troops looted and set homes ablaze in Georgian territory on Wednesday amid fears over a fragile ceasefire that ended five days of bitter conflict.
Despite a French-brokered truce agreed on Tuesday by the leaders of the two countries, Russia faced mounting criticism in the West.
Russian armoured vehicles patrolled the flash...
Last Modified: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 12:20 a.m. The Board of Pharmacy of the Florida Department of Health meets today to consider a proposed settlement with Edna Irizarry.
Irizarry was the pharmacist on duty at the Shands Medical Plaza last October when 3-year-old Sebastian Ferrero was given a fatal overdose of the amino acid arginine, used in a test in the pediatric endocrinology...
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks tumbled for a second session Wednesday after the government reported retail sales fell in July to their weakest levels in five months and as oil prices advanced. The Dow Jones industrial average fell about 150 points.
The retail figures fell short of expectations and fed investors' anxiety about the health of the industry and consumers, whose spending is the...
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NEW DELHI (AFP) — India's economic growth will likely slow to 7.7 percent this year, hit by global financial turmoil, inflation and a dive in farm output, and could weaken further, a top government panel said Wednesday.
The forecast by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Economic Advisory Council painted a grim picture of the challenges facing Asia's third-largest economy and was sh...
Pharmacy benefit manager spent $210,000 lobbying in the second quarter on issues affecting pharmacies, prescription drugs and health information technology, according to a recent disclosure form.
The St. Louis-based company lobbied for federal incentives to encourage doctors to prescribe medications electronically. Pharmacy benefit managers have lobbied heavily in favor of electronic pres...
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — It wasn't the way Jim Calhoun wanted to spend his summer.
Thirty-three times over seven weeks, Connecticut's Hall of Fame basketball coach left his eastern Connecticut home by 5:30 a.m. to make a 45-minute trip to the University of Connecticut Health Center for a dose of radiation.
The skin cancer treatment left him thinner, weaker, temporarily unab...
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street has ended an erratic day with a lopsided loss, with the Dow Jones industrials bearing the brunt of investors' concerns over the health of the financial sector. The Dow fell more than 100 points, but the other major indexes ended with much smaller losses.
High-tech and small-cap stocks fared better than the broader market, proof that investors were wary ...
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NHS patients have paid £4.5 billion in dentistry charges since 1997 despite almost two million people losing their dentist, the Tories claimed.
The annual amount paid in dental charges has risen 22%, with NHS patients now paying an average of £26.50 a year compared with £19.60 in 1997, they said.
But the Government disputed the figures, saying charges had stayed the same in real ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man barged into the Arkansas Democratic headquarters and opened fire Wednesday, fatally shooting the state party chairman before speeding off in his pickup. Police later shot and killed the suspect after a 30-mile chase.
Little Rock police spokesman Lt. Terry Hastings identified the suspect as Timothy Dale, 50, of Searcy. Police said they don't know a mo...
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