Egypt's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Tarek Kamel announced the move at the fourth Internet Governance Forum, under way in the Egyptian resort Sharm el-Sheikh.

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Perhaps this has been the promise of the American experiment in self-government all along, and we have only been waiting for the powerful and democratizing technology of the communications age to seize it.

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Likewise, he believes, such schemes will have to make better use of communications technology in place of physical "fact-finding" visits if they are to avoid tough questions about the use of public funds.

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Prominent in a closing statement by the economic leaders of APEC in Brunei was an acknowledgement that the Internet and other forms of communications technology have dramatically boosted the development of the global economy.

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