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EU calls on Obama to give up Internet oversight

Major decisions on Internet made solely by a California-based nonprofit

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30559082/

updated 10:43 a.m. ET, Mon., May 4, 2009

BRUSSELS - A senior European Union official called on President Barack Obama to give up United States' oversight of the Internet.

Major decisions on how the Internet is run are made solely by the California-based nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers — which is overseen by the U.S. Commerce Department under an agreement that expires September 30.