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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Google news search (4000+ (english language) newspapers Nov. 15 and after) had this result and this result only!!! </FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/72967/1/"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">Media: The stepchild of<B> WSIS</B>?</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">OneWorld, UK</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman"> - 2 hours ago</FONT><BR>
<B></B><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">...</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman"> The World Summit on the Information Society (</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">WSIS</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">) provides an important opportunity<BR>
to raise these critical issues about North-South and rich-poor gaps in</FONT><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">...</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT> </SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.forbes.com/business/newswire/2003/11/15/rtr1149355.html"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">Rich and poor states split before Internet summit</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">Forbes</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman"> - Nov 15, 2003</FONT><BR>
<B></B><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">...</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman"> The World Summit on the Information Society (</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">WSIS</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">), to be held in Geneva December<BR>
10-12, was first proposed in 1998 at the height of the Internet boom, but two</FONT><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">...</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT><BR>
</SPAN><A HREF="http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=21121"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">A Steep Climb to the Information Society Summit</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman"> - </FONT><FONT COLOR="#808080" SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">IPSnews.net</FONT><BR>
</SPAN><A HREF="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s989807.htm"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">Still no consensus as world's first information summit nears</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman"> - </FONT><FONT COLOR="#808080" SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">ABC Online</FONT><BR>
</SPAN><A HREF="file:///news?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&newwindow=1&safe=off&edition=us&num=30&newsclusterurl=http://www.forbes.com/business/newswire/2003/11/15/rtr1149355.html"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><B></B></U><U><B><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">and more »</FONT></B></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.paknews.com/flash.php?id=1&date1=2003-11-17"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">World Summit On Information Today In Islamabad</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">Pakistan News Service, Pakistan</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman"> - 7 hours ago</FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Nov 17 (PNS) – Three-day national consultation for the World<BR>
Summit on the Information Society (</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">WSIS</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">) will start here at a local hotel</FONT><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">...</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman"></FONT><BR>
</SPAN><A HREF="http://pakistantimes.net/2003/11/17/top7.htm"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">World Summit on Information Society to begin from Monday</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman"> - </FONT><FONT COLOR="#808080" SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">Times Pakistan</FONT><BR>
</SPAN><A HREF="file:///news?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&newwindow=1&safe=off&edition=us&num=30&newsclusterurl=http://www.paknews.com/flash.php%3Fid%3D1%26date1%3D2003-11-17"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><B></B></U><U><B><FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">and more »</FONT></B></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=19721&NewsKind=Business%20%26%20Economy"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman">Iran is to participate in 'Tech Summit'</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#008000" SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">IranMania News, Iran</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman"> - Nov 15, 2003</FONT><BR>
<FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">TEHRAN, Nov.15, IRAN NEWS -- Iran is to take part in the first phase of the World<BR>
Summit on the Information Society (</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">WSIS</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">) in Geneva, Switzerland December 10-12</FONT><B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">...</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman"> </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The WSIS is not on the media radar, to say the very least.</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Times New Roman">MG</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">-----Original Message-----</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [</FONT></SPAN><A HREF="mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">] On Behalf Of Fullsack Jean-Louis</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 3:18 AM</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To: plenary@wsis-cs.org</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Geneva based Press</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Interesting, the point of view of the press on WSIS, at least in Switzerland. In France WSIS is "not on the agenda" in the national press. On the other hand the European Social Forum had a very strong impact in both the national and regional papers and magazines. So there is nothing to report from here upon WSIS, unless Bruno Oudet has a more wider view from his Paris office. But what about German and British press ? I guess, except ourselves, the Swiss community, a handful of assigned diplomats and their advisors there isn't a great interest upon this Summit. And the (bad)stage it has achieved last week won't promote it ! This differentiates it completely from the Jo'burg Summit ! BTW could the Media caucus who is/was particularly active gatther more information about the SMSI seen from the international press side ? Thanks Jean-Louis Fullsack CSDPTT</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">----- Original Message -----</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">From: "marie thorndahl" <marie@mondes.info></FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org></FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 5:35 PM</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] Geneva based Press</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> Hi all</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> I found 2 articles in (the mosts important) Geneva dailies :</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> Le Temps "WSIS : dead end" </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> </FONT></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.letemps.ch/template/international.asp?page=4&article=123555"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.letemps.ch/template/international.asp?page=4&article=123555</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> La Tribune de Genève "WSIS : the NGOs take distance"</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><A HREF="http://www.tdg.ch/accueil/selection_genevoise/article/index.php?Page_ID=5330"><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://www.tdg.ch/accueil/selection_genevoise/article/index.php?Page_ID=5330</FONT></U></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> &article_ID=19973</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> some others ? please let us know !</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> Marie</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> ----- Original Message -----</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> From: "karen banks" <karenb@gn.apc.org></FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> To: <plenary@wsis-cs.org></FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 5:11 PM</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> Subject: [WSIS CS-Plenary] CS Statement: Geneva based Press</FONT></SPAN>
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<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> > hi</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> ></FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> > I wonder if our geneva based colleagues are able to send us URL's of </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> > the swiss news coverage of PrepCom IIIA. I know that most of the </FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> > local</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">dailies</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> > covered the press conference on friday/saturday.</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> ></FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> > karen</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">> ></FONT></SPAN>
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