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US web stranglehold challenged
News Speaking at the opening of a four-day UN summit in Athens Yoshio Utsumi criticised the current rules for overseeing domain names and internet addresses, stressing that poorer nations are... [30 Oct 2006]
UK police collar "violent jihad" website operator
News The websites including azzam.com, azzam.co.uk, qoqaz.net, and qoqaz.co.uk, tout the virtues of jihad, primarily against the West and allied nations. The name "Azzam" - which appears in the websites'... [21 Jul 2006]
China to set up its own 'splinternet'?
News The European Union and other nations demanded the US share responsibility for the DNS, including decisions over adding and deleting new top-level domains, with the United Nations. China... [02 Mar 2006]
Bush agrees web control pact with UN
News China, Cuba, South Africa and other nations have argued the US and other wealthier nations must share power - complaints that will now be taken to the new UN forum. The Bush... [16 Nov 2005]
'Tunisia not fit to host world web summit'
News Just days before the United Nations-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society begins in Tunis, Tunisia, watchdog groups are reporting clashes with authorities and violence toward at least one journalist in the... [15 Nov 2005]
US bids to hold on to net
News Less than two weeks before a United Nations summit on the internet begins, technology firms including Google, IBM and Microsoft are supporting the Bush administration's efforts to maintain the United States' influence... [04 Nov 2005]
Protect the net from UN menace, says US senator
News A new resolution introduced in the US Senate offers political backing to the Bush administration by slamming a United Nations effort to exert more influence over the internet. But he ventured even... [19 Oct 2005]
US can't dominate domain names, says UN
News A United Nations working group has published a long-awaited report that effectively challenges US supremacy over internet domain names. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan... [18 Jul 2005]
US keeps keys to internet domain names
News Thursday's announcement also represents an effective snub to a United Nations process that is set to culminate in a summit in Tunisia in November. One gripe of the summit participants has been that poorer... [01 Jul 2005]
World Summit on the Information Society kicks off
News Discussions about setting up an international fund, pushed for by some African nations, to allow the purchase of ICT equipment, didn't go down well among the richer nations, who said they didn't think... [10 Dec 2003]
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