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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

The full story is at:
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,16376,1585288,00.html

Breaking America's grip on the net

After troubled negotiations in Geneva, the US may be forced to relinquish 
control of the internet to a coalition of governments

Kieren McCarthy
Thursday October 6, 2005
The Guardian

You would expect an announcement that would forever change the face of the 
internet to be a grand affair - a big stage, spotlights, media scrums and a 
charismatic frontman working the crowd.

But unless you knew where he was sitting, all you got was David Hendon's 
slightly apprehensive voice through a beige plastic earbox. The words were 
calm, measured and unexciting, but their implications will be felt for 
generations to come.

Hendon is the Department for Trade and Industry's director of business 
relations and was in Geneva representing the UK government and European 
Union at the third and final preparatory meeting for next month's World 
Summit on the Information Society. He had just announced a political coup 
over the running of the internet.

[There's a lot more.]