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Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, has said biometrics technology is vital to Australian border security, but an audit of the department has found it neglected to properly research its current use within government.
Gary McKinnon, the UK citizen accused of hacking into computer systems run by NASA and the US military, will not be extradited across the Atlantic to face trial unless the US can guarantee he won't be treated as a terrorist.
The Bush administration and its critics at a United Nations summit in Tunisia have inked a broad agreement on global Internet management that will preclude any dramatic showdown this week.
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