"IDENTITY cards that all British citizens may have to carry under new Home Office proposals could neglect the Welsh language completely, the Eisteddfod will hear today.
Aled Edwards, the Welsh churches liaison officer with the Welsh Assembly, says draft legislation has no provision for using the Welsh language on the cards.
Mr Edwards is using Eisteddfod week to call on the Welsh Assembly Government to use its powers and insist that either the cards are bilingual, or are not used in Wales."
"The European Commission denied Monday that it had any plans to propose EU countries set up camps in Africa to handle asylum-seekers as a row raged in the German government over such a suggestion."
YAAKOV KATZ
"In recent months, police have gathered intelligence indicating that criminals have begun to "export" their illegal dealings abroad in response to intense pressure placed on the organizations by the police force."
"While German programs to prevent sexual abuse of children have so far mainly focussed on awareness among parents and educators, a new project in Berlin plans to offer treatment to people before they become perpetrators."
Michael Pelly
"One of NSW's most senior judges has called for the introduction of majority verdicts, saying 'a perverse, disinterested or simply incompetent juror' can get in the way of obvious decisions.
In a wide-ranging speech on the future of criminal law, Justice John Dunford of the NSW Court of Appeal also said some judges were too quick to reduce sentences because of special circumstances and that parole periods were not being enforced.
He criticised the Director of Public Prosecutions for accepting lesser charges and said police before conduct tribunals should be charged before the courts."
