Talks on global broadcast treaty fail
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Talks on an international treaty updating broadcast rights to accommodate the Internet failed Friday because countries were unable to agree how much legal and technological protection to afford broadcasters, a U.S. official said.
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Peace talks on Sudan being held in Abuja, Nigeria have been suspended. The parties failed to reach agreement on issues of security and disarmament in the western Darfur region.
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Negotiation is nearing its final stage for an international treaty that would give broadcasters control over who records or transmits their signal. Broadcasters back the treaty, but digital rights advocates worry it could set an ominous precedent. By Wendy Grossman.
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POTSDAM, Germany -- A crucial meeting of the World Trade Organization's four most powerful members has failed, officials said Thursday, dealing a major setback to efforts at reaching a new global commerce pact.
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The exchange of diplomatic pleasantries during today's summit in Moscow between the Russian and Polish presidents was interrupted by a discussion on the Polish media's coverage of the Beslan hostage crisis.
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Text of report by Ghanaian GBC radio on 11 December  A conference on the media and national development is taking place in Accra. The participants from all over the country are deliberating on how the media can respond responsibly to the unlimited freedom they are enjoying.
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Nokia NOK1V.HE said there was no   need for a single radio frequency for mobile television across   the European Union and said the Commission's plan for an   interim solution was unrealistic.
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A controversial $308 million deal to broadcast India&#39;s home cricket matches fell through on Tuesday after the country&#39;s cricket board said there was no binding contract and it may re-tender the rights.
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BOMBAY: A controversial $308-million deal to broadcast India&#39;s home cricket matches fell through yesterday after the country&#39;s cricket board said there was no binding contract and it may re-tender the rights.
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Delegates at the United Nations climate change conference have ended negotiations with a compromise plan for talks on how to combat global warming.
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THE worldâs leading finance officials and ministers yesterday failed to reach agreement on debt relief for the poorest nations. Wrapping up a weekend of IMF and World Bank talks in Washington, no agreement appeared to have been secured.
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The BBC holds talks with Bertelsmann, Walt Disney and Time Warner but denies that the talks focused on the sale of BBC Worldwide.
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The Internet doesn't have time zones, and while my colleagues in the blogosphere who happen to be located in the Eastern or Central time zones were watching the debate live on TV, we in the western states were left to either wait three hours, or DIY a Ustream webcast of the debate, which we did. About half way through we figured out how to make the local New Hampshire ABC affiliate webcast work on a Mac, and it was a little easier to understand what was going on. In 2008, sixteen years into the web, there's no excuse for not broadcasting a political event live to the world. If ABC News hasn't got the ability to do it, then ABC News shouldn't be running it. That Facebook lent its name and reputation to this fiasco is amazing. Why didn't they speak up?  BTW, otoh, Charles Gibson was a great moderator and the format was, in every way, fantastic. What a shame we all couldn't experience at the same time.
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In a panel discussion today concerning the future of technology policy in the European Union, Japan, and the United States, it became apparent that the EU's and the US's opinions on mobile TV are diametrically opposed.
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A United Nations conference ended today with a vague plan for informal new talks on how to slow global warming, but without a US commitment to multilateral negotiations on next steps, including emissions controls.
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The main stumbling block in the Doha  Round of global trade talks is the failure of the United States  and European Union to make substantial concessions on  agriculture, China's commerce minister said on Monday.
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Last-ditch talks in Finland on Monday between the European Union and Turkey aimed at averting an EU crisis with Ankara over the Cyprus issue have failed, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said.Comment