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US moves to roll back ‘net neutrality’ rules

WASHINGTON: US regulators voted Thursday to roll back so-called “net neutrality” rules which required internet providers to treat all traffic equally, a move opponents say would curb online freedom, reports AFP. The Federal Communications Commission, in a three-to-two vote, adopted a proposal…

Australian Catholic leaders reject key calls

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War crimes judges award child soldiers $10m in damages

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Holding bodies of slain Palestinians illegal

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France stunned by deadly school bus crash

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