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The entity responsible for overseeing the Internet’s domain name system said Tuesday that it was revoking the right of registrar EstDomains.com to process new domain names, citing the company CEO’s recent conviction on cyber crime charges.

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The German Ministry of Health is working on a new interactive labelling system to increase public confidence in online pharmacies. The new interactive label, which will show the pharmacy is accredited, will be awarded to all online pharmacies with an official license to sell to the German market.

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The European Commission wants to create an over-arching consumer protection law which it claims will cut costs and red tape for internet retailers.

The proposed Consumer Rights Directive would replace four existing EU Directives.

Commission’s plan is designed to boost shopping across the 27 EU nations’ borders. Though 150 million EU citizens shop online, it said, only 30 million shop across EU borders.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has passed a bill intended to crack down on rogue online pharmacies that sell drugs without a valid prescription.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., would prohibit the sale of controlled substances over the Internet without a prescription written by a doctor who has conducted an in-person examination of the patient.

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A pharmacy is prescribing Viagra online to offer men too embarrassed to visit their GP an alternative to buying from unregulated internet firms.

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