Newsline - 20 July, 2010: Afghanistan says it wants more control over international aid. The EU wants police to read people their rights. And how to handle homesick children

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Afghanistan conference concentrates on troops and aid
UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are hosting a conference in Kabul, where the focus is on the country taking control of its own security. As foreign troops start preparing to pull out of the region, we ask analyst Martine van Bijlert whether Afghanistan has the strength to sort out its own security?

EU wants its own version of 'Miranda rights'
The European Commission has proposed the introduction of a letter of rights to be read by police to anyone arrested in an EU country. The move mirrors the US 'Miranda rights' which have become immortalised in countless Hollywood cop films. RNW's Europe editor Perro de Jong explains how the system would work.

How to handle homesickness
As part of its summer series on homesickness, RNW's Marnie Chesterton looks at how to keep the kids happy on holiday.