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I'm finally back from Tunisia and getting caught up on email. Following 
are some reports (and photos of Tunisia's Roman ruins and the Sahara).

-Declan

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http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5960298.html
TUNIS, Tunisia--Cuba, Iran and African governments lashed out at the 
U.S. government this week, charging that the Internet permits too much 
free speech and that the way it is managed must be reformed immediately.

http://news.com.com/2100-1033_3-5960120.html
TUNIS, Tunisia--The U.S. government on Friday protested a crackdown by 
Tunisian secret police on the streets and a new spate of Web censorship 
during a United Nations Internet summit here.

http://news.com.com/2100-1036_3-5955245.html
TUNIS, Tunisia--The Bush administration and its critics at a United 
Nations summit here have inked a broad agreement on global Internet 
management that will preclude any dramatic showdown this week.

Actual documents approved at the United Nations' WSIS summit:
http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/index.html

Microsoft/open source intrigue:
http://pinoytechblog.com/archives/microsoft-censors-un-document-from-referencing-to-foss

Open letter to Kofi Annan over his decision to select Tunisia as host 
nation:
http://www.apc.org/english/wsis/blog/index.shtml?x=2657223

Reporters Without Borders on the conference:
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15613

Richard Stallman's adventures with a tinfoil hat:
http://perens.sourcelabs.com/

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Roman ruins:
http://www.mccullagh.org/photo/1ds-4/dougga-capitol-forum
http://www.mccullagh.org/photo/1ds-4/sbeitla-temple-of-minerva

Two Star Wars filming locations (and one that should have been):
http://www.mccullagh.org/photo/1ds-4/ksar-hadada-mos-espa
http://www.mccullagh.org/photo/1ds-4/sidi-driss-star-wars
http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/el-hencha-sahara.html

Sahara sand dunes:
http://www.mccullagh.org/photo/1ds-4/sahara-desert-sand-dune

Camels and desert:
http://www.mccullagh.org/photo/1ds-4/sahara-camel
http://www.mccullagh.org/photo/1ds-4/camel-crossing-sign
http://www.mccullagh.org/photo/1ds-4/chott-el-jerid
http://www.mccullagh.org/photo/1ds-4/sea-of-sand-desert

Tozeur and Tunis downtown:
http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/tozeur-tunisia-downtown.html
http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/tunis-medina.html
http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/tunis-downtown.html

Traditional Berber home:
http://www.mccullagh.org/photo/1ds-4/berber-woman

Paris photos on the way back:
http://www.mccullagh.org/photo/1ds-4/avenue-des-champs-elysees-night
http://www.mccullagh.org/photo/1ds-4/institut-de-france-french-academy

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Posted by Declan McCullagh on Nov 28, 2005 in category free-speech

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