Experts call for universal Internet access by 2004 end
UN panel urges rapid action to close the digital divide, proposing a global initiative to provide Internet access via community points for the world population by the end of 2004. They seek $1 billion in donor and government matching funds and a UN coordinated task force to align international bodies, private sector, and foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Saharan Africa
Chuck Lankester
Lankester
Africa
Asia
Europe
U.N. General Assembly
Russia
Okinawa
Japan
House votes to block agencies from sharing in tobacco lawsuit
The House approved 207 to 197 a spending bill rider forcing the Department of Veterans Affairs to drop a plan to fund the Justice Department’s multibillion dollar tobacco lawsuit. The vote blocks interagency funding, a move Reno says could force dismissal and hurt the government’s case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Washington
Justice Department
Janet Reno
Department of Veterans Affairs
Medicare
Reno
Congress
America
Henry Waxman
Dcalif
Waxman
Senate
White House
Jack Lew
Departments of
Veterans Affairs, Defense
Health and Human Services
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gate Sath
Impete Auto Repair & Towing
Oointed Press
Che Hice Stone
DeBeers
Bridal Registry
Wea
J.M. Greene Co
Goldsmith Studio
Wickey Road
Brida Aee
Rosatet
Mary Kay
Sun Essentials
Total Freedom National
Alltel
Big Island
Big Apple
Total Freedom
Aalutel
Wal-Mart
Anne Wright
Ak Plaza Liverblu Ra
Motorola Digital