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Malaysia moves to block Internet porn May 27, 2005, 19:08 gmt © AFP/File KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia is moving to block access to Internet pornography, with government departments already restricted and schools to follow, reports said.		"Yes" camp campaigns furiously in France ahead of EU treaty vote May 27, 2005, 23:48 gmt © AFP PARIS (AFP) - With opinion polls suggesting an easy win for the "no" camp in France's referendum on the EU constitution, treaty supporters desperately targeted undecided voters on the last official day of campaigning.

US Amb. concerned over pressures on media US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish has expressed concerns over pressures applied on the press, in particular, those faced by independent ANS TV channel in its Nakhchivan bureau.		OSCE MG co-chairs to hold joint meeting with Azeri, Armenian FMs The mediating OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs currently in Azerbaijan are to visit Armenia early in June, French co-chair Bernard Fassier told a news conference on Friday.

Venice Commission: The draft Armenian constitution needs drastic changes The Council of Europe's Commission for Democracy through Law ("Venice Commission") has assessed the draft constitutional amendments, as adopted by the Armenian National Assembly in a first reading on 11 May 2005.		Minister promises to investigate assault on Zerkalo reporter In his telephone conversation with the editor of “Zerkalo" newspaper, Elchin Shikhli, the Interior Minister, Ramil Usubov condemned the assault on Farid Teymurkhanli, the reporter of this newspaper.

Azeri MP dismisses child trafficking reports The chairman of the parliamentary commission on social policy issues Hady Rajabli has dismissed reports saying that child trafficking cases exist in the country.		Azerbaijan gets poor human rights rating The Amnesty International has issued its final 2004 report on the situation with human rights in world countries where it said: "the trials of 40 people held in Azerbaijan after October 2003 fell short of international standards and courts 'turned a blind eye' to the facts that prisoners were forced to give testimonies under torture."