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UN slated for stifling net debate
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| The UN has been criticised for stifling
| debate about net censorship after it
| disrupted a meeting of free-speech
| advocates in Egypt.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8361849.stm
Egypt launches Arabic web domain
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| Egypt will open the world's first Arabic
| language internet domain, its
| communications minister has said.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8361676.stm
IGF censors for China
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| The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has
| made a right mess of the opening day of its
| meeting in Egypt.
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| Already under fire for holding the forum in
| Egypt, which banged up a blogger for four
| years, the group also made a truly ham-
| fisted attempt to censor debate at the
| meeting.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/16/igf_poster_fail/
Recent:
China looks to export censorship
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| A few days before the start of this year's
| Melbourne International Film Festival its
| executive director received an "audacious"
| telephone call.
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| An official from China's consulate in the city
| called him to "urge" the festival to withdraw
| a film about the Chinese activist Rebiya
| Kadeer.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8329217.stm
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