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  • March 2008

    • China Off US Rights Blacklist

      New York Times  |  Mar 12, 08 10:26 CDT

      China Off US Rights Blacklist

      (Newser) - The State Department has taken China off its list of the world's 10 worst human rights abusers, the New York Time s reports. China's human rights record "remained poor," the department's annual report said, with abuses including "extrajudicial killings, torture, and coerced confessions of prisoners." Officials declined to explain why the country was dropped from the list or whether it had anything to do with the Beijing Olympics. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Russia  • Iran  • Zimbabwe  • Burma  • torture  • North Korea  • Syria  • Cuba  • Sudan  • State Department  • human rights  • Amnesty International  • human rights abuse  • Belarus  • human rights violations  • Eritrea

  • October 2007

    • African Nation's Response to Aid: No, Thanks

      Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 2, 07 1:42 PM CDT

      African Nation's Response to Aid: No, Thanks

      (Newser) - Eritrea, one of the world's poorest nations, has a novel response to offers of foreign aid: refusal. President Isaias Afwerki argues that African nations that accept money from the World Bank or food from the UN are "crippled societies." In a time of global connection, the LA Times looks at a country that's willfully shutting itself down. More »

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      Africa  • foreign aid  • Eritrea

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