Thursday, June 15, 2006    Last updated 8:19 a.m. PT

Group seeks protection from Web threats

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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SHANGHAI, China -- A Russian and Chinese-led bloc of Asian states said Thursday it plans to set up an expert group to boost computer security and help guard against threats to their regimes from the Internet.

Suggesting the new group might tackle censorship, the six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization said information communication technology could infringe on the "internal affairs of sovereign states," bringing "serious harm to individual, social and national security."