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win_in_06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-20-05 12:19 PM
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AP/Reuters wire report discussing democracy shows RW bias
Edited on Tue Dec-20-05 12:19 PM by win_in_06
The last paragraph of the below excerpt sounds like it came from the pages of a Bush speech. And what is Freedom House?

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But the most significant improvements were noted in the Middle East, where Lebanon was upgraded from "not free" to "partly free," despite a series of political killings that shook the country.

It also noted elections held in Iraq, Egypt, and the Palestinian territories, the introduction of women's suffrage in Kuwait, and improvements in Saudi Arabia's media environment among other encouraging signs in the region.

"This emerging trend reminds us that men and women in this region share the universal desire to live in free societies," commented Thomas Melia, acting executive director of Freedom House.




http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/12/20/051220134942.8w8uaqyp.html
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