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	<title>the Global Observatory &#187; Human Rights</title>
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	<description>A lot of caustic and sarcastic humor, stupid opinions, canned news and scanty revelations on politics, foreign affairs, social and fiscal issues, and much else from an independent, yet conservative and Republican, perspective from the Pacific Northwest. Yeah, right.</description>
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		<title>The Real Manchurian Candidates But Not as Glamorous as Denzel or Sinatra</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2010/07/the-real-manchurian-candidates-but-not-as-glamorous-as-denzel-or-sinatra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, the Manchurian Candidate movies were apparently based on reality! According to a recent report and corresponding law-suit
&#8230;The [victims/plaintiffs] allege  that the government tested various drugs, biological and chemical  agents, and gases during the fifties, sixties, and seventies without  their informed consent (some poison gas shells and grenades from the  Chemical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hypocrisy of the Free Tibet Crowd vis-a-vis Xinjiang</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Historically, Sinkiang has been at war with the Eastern Chinese.  They have identified more with Central Asia than with its current occupier.
The region first supported the Turks, then the Mongols against the Chinese. During the civil war, a separate independent entity existed that was opposed to both the Communists and Nationalists. China didn&#8217;t really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Butcher of Gujarat to be Interviewed After 7 Years?</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/06/the-butcher-of-gujarat-to-be-interviewed-after-7-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/06/the-butcher-of-gujarat-to-be-interviewed-after-7-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Narendra Modi, the infamous Chief Minister of Gujarat, has had a full 7 years of near complete immunity and full reign over his state in India despite overseeing a near holocaust of Muslims in 2002. With his implicit, and sometimes explicit permission, Hindu nationalists slaughtered, raped and displaced Muslim men, women and children.
Official figures put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SA&#8217;s mess with the Zimbabweans (and others)</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/06/sas-mess-with-the-zimbabweans-and-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lessons learnt from South Africa&#8217;s renowned Truth and Reconciliation Committee are lost among its people.
Zimbabwean refugees escaping from Mugabe are being:
raped and injured, being rejected by hospital staff or charged exorbitant fees.
Zimbabwe is in a sorry state, but South African attitudes are making it worse. Where are the abused men, women and children supposed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to withhold detainee abuse photos</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/05/obama-to-withhold-detainee-abuse-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/05/obama-to-withhold-detainee-abuse-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 02:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post is reporting that the Obama Administration is changing its position on releasing photos of abuse of detainees held in military custody abroad, claiming that it:
&#8220;strongly believes that the release of these photos, particularly at this time, would only serve the purpose of inflaming the theaters of war, jeopardizing US forces, and making [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The U.N. Farcical Rights Council</title>
		<link>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/05/the-un-farcical-rights-council/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theglobalobservatory.com/2009/05/the-un-farcical-rights-council/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US has taken its rightful place at the U.N. Human Rights Council, joining such human rights stalwarts as Cuba, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh, China and Saudi Arabia. US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, claims ecstatically:
&#8220;Obviously, there will always be some countries whose respect and record on human rights is sub-par&#8230;&#8221;
Sub-par? Cuba has a sub-par [...]]]></description>
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