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<h2><b><font size=2 color="#0082bb" face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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color="#0082bb"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#0082BB;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;
padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'>The U.N. Threat to Internet Freedom</span></font></a></span></font></b><font
color="#0082bb"><span lang=EN-GB style='color:#0082BB;font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></font></h2>

<p style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.4pt'><em><i><font
size=1 color=black face=Verdana><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.5pt;
font-family:Verdana;color:black'>By Robert M. McDowell, commissioner of the
Federal Communications Commission</span></font></i></em><font size=1
color=black face=Verdana><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:
Verdana;color:black'><br>
The Wall Street Journal - 21 February 2012 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
 style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Renate Bloem</span></font></st1:PersonName><br>
<font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
Arial'>Main Representative<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Head of Civicus UN Office <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Geneva</st1:place></st1:City> </span></b></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p><strong><b><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
Arial'>11, Avenue de la Paix, CH-1202 Geneva</span></font></b></strong><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'><br>
Tel:/Fax ++41 22 733 3435  Mobile : +41 76 346 2310</span></font><font
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<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>renate.bloem@civicus.org<br>
</span></font><a href="mailto:renate.bloem@gmail.com"><font size=1><span
style='font-size:7.5pt'>renate.bloem@gmail.com</span></font></a><font size=1><span
style='font-size:7.5pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:
Arial'>skype: Renate.Bloem<br>
<br>
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>CIVICUS: World <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Alliance</st1:place></st1:City> for Citizen
Participation<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></strong></span></font></p>

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 933</st1:address>, Southdale 2135, JHB, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">South Africa</st1:place></st1:country-region><br>
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title="blocked::http://www.civicus.org/">www.civicus.org</span></span></font></a></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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title="blocked::http://www.youtube.com/CIVICUSworldalliance"><font size=1><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;text-decoration:none'><span
title="blocked::http://www.youtube.com/CIVICUSworldalliance"></span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'></span></span></font></a><font
size=1 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:8.0pt;
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size=1 color=green face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:8.0pt;
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href="blocked::http://civicusassembly.org/"
title="blocked::http://civicusassembly.org/"><font size=1 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span
title="blocked::http://civicusassembly.org/">2012 CIVICUS World Assembly</span></span></font></a></span></font></b><b><font
size=1 color=green face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold'> – </span></font></b><b><font
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title="blocked::http://civicusassembly.org/how.php"><font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span
title="blocked::http://civicusassembly.org/how.php">Early Bird Registration Now
Open</span></span></font></a></span></font></b><b><font size=1 color=green
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span
title="blocked::http://civicusassembly.org/themes.php">Define a New Social
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face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial;
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font-family:Arial;color:green;font-weight:bold'>3-7 September in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Montreal</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

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size=5 color=green face="Arial Unicode MS"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:green;font-weight:bold'></span></font></b><b><font
size=1 color=green face=Arial><span lang=EN-ZA style='font-size:8.0pt;
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unless you really need to. Thank you</span></font></b><font size=1><span
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