The U.S. calls the broad Chinese proposal on regulating the Internet "both unnecessary and beyond the appropriate scope" of U.N. regulation.

WSJ: Crovitz: The U.N.'s Internet Power Grab

Mr. SHADID: You know, when you talk to U.N. officials, I think most often they're just stunned by the scope of the problem, and not just the scope of the problem itself but the way that the problem is growing.

NPR: Cluster Bombs a Vestige of Israel's Lebanon Fight