The United States claimed victory this week in the contest to <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051118/ap_on_hi_te/info_summit_internet_control;_ylt=AhwbpfFc3hSfFpK4O39fTRH6VbIF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--">keep control of the computers</A> crucial for directing Internet traffic. But approval Friday of a plan to leave Washington squarely in charge hasn't fully ended the debate: the European Union and a host of other countries are suggesting that a new multinational forum, which delegates to a U.N. technology summit also agreed to set up, simply delays the battle for another day. The forum, they say, still could ultimately leave several countries--and not the United States alone--with key decisions about domain names and the computers that direct the Internet's flow of information, commerce and dissent.