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International proposals to control the Internet will continue after a United Nations conference in Dubai and the U.S. should be ready to fight such efforts, lawmakers and a regulator said.
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An agreement to update 24-year-old United Nations telecommunications rules was approved against the opposition of countries including the U.S. and the U.K., whose officials walked out on the talks on concerns about Internet regulation and censorship.
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Forces loyal to Ivory Coast ’s Laurent Gbagbo surrendered and the former president began to negotiate his exit from power with the United Nations, a day after French and UN forces bombed his last strongholds in the commercial capital, Abidjan.
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The capture of Ivory Coast’s former leader Laurent Gbagbo may mark the end of 11 years of conflict that culminated in a battle for the largest city, Abidjan, stalling the economy of the world’s largest cocoa producer.
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Negotiations to update a quarter- century old telecommunications rulebook reached a deadlock as the U.S. and Europe failed to resolve disagreements with China and the Middle East on measures that would increase government control over the Internet.
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The U.S. is pressing to exclude the Internet sector from an international telecommunications treaty even as a “big gap” remains between countries on the issue, a U.S. official said.
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Ivory Coast ’s army clashed with rebels in the western part of the country as violence that has gripped the commercial capital, Abidjan, since a disputed presidential election spread.
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The radio station controled by the United Nations’ mission in Ivory Coast , ONUCI FM, was banned from broadcasting by incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo , according to a decree read on state-owned television.
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Ivory Coast is bracing for a second day of political violence as opposition supporters threaten to expand protests beyond the two main cities of the world’s top cocoa producer.
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United Nations and French helicopters opened fire on the residence of Ivory Coast’s former leader, Laurent Gbagbo , and the offices of state television in the city of Abidjan, according to eyewitnesses.
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