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ITU releases latest global technology development figures

02/27/2013

27 February, 2013 – New figures released today by ITU confirm strong sustained demand for information and communication technology (ICT) services, with uptake spurred by a steady fall in the price of broadband Internet. ITU’s The World in 2013: ICT Facts and Figures report predicts that there will soon be as many mobile-cellular subscriptions as people inhabiting the planet, with the figure set to nudge past the seven billion mark early in 2014. More than half of all mobile…

UN commission of inquiry: all parties becoming increasingly reckless with human life as the Syrian conflict drags on

02/27/2013

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Geneva, 18 February 2013 — In its latest report, released today, the UN commission of inquiry finds that both pro- and anti-Government forces have become increasingly violent and reckless with human life as the conflict draws to the close of its second year. It emphasizes the urgent need for parties to the conflict to commit to a political settlement to end the violence. Although the Government has yet to allow the commission to undertake investigations inside Syria, the 445…