A senior US official rejected calls yesterday in Geneva for
a UN body to take over control of the main computers that direct traffic on the Internet, reiterating US intentions to keep its historical role as the medium's principal overseer. Some negotiators from other countries said there was a growing sense that a compromise had to be reached and that no single country ought to be the ultimate authority over such a vital part of the global economy.
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