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U.S. Insists on Keeping Control of Web

category international | rights, freedoms and repression | other press author Friday September 30, 2005 14:46author by Browser

By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER, Associated Press Writer Thu Sep 29,10:35 AM ET
GENEVA - A senior U.S. official rejected calls on Thursday for a U.N. body to take over control of the main computers that direct traffic on the Internet, reiterating U.S. intentions to keep its historical role as the medium's principal overseer.

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