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		<title>Afghanistan: President Karzai, his government, our strategy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York Times Editorial, A Test for President Karzai: &#8220;Whom Mr. Karzai chooses for his new cabinet will be the first indicator, after his fraud-marred election, of whether he is truly determined to rein in epidemic levels of corruption and incompetence. His speech on Tuesday to an anti-corruption conference in Kabul suggested, ominously, that he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.civilrightsmatter.com/2009/12/16/afghanistan-president-karzai-his-government-our-strategy/</link>
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		<title>A Look at Democracy, Capitalism and Michael Moore</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Democracy? That&#8217;s a laugh
By GIOVANNI FAZIO
While watching &#8220;The Young Victoria&#8221; the other day, a film about England&#8217;s 19th century queen, the thought struck me: Perhaps these odes to feudal aristocracies — films like &#8220;Marie Antoinette&#8221; or &#8220;The Duchess&#8221; — are so popular because they seem so familiar; just replace the lords and ladies with CEOs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.civilrightsmatter.com/2009/12/15/giovanni-fazio-takes-a-look-at-democracy-capitalism-and-michael-moore/</link>
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		<title>The Rehabilitation of Mao and Whether China Really Wants to Enter the Global Marketplace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Power struggle behind revival of Maoism
By Willy Lam 
As the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership tries to convince United States  																	President Barack Obama and other world leaders that China is eagerly  																	integrating itself with the global marketplace, the ultra-conservative norms  																	and worldview of Chairman Mao Zedong are making a big comeback in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.civilrightsmatter.com/2009/11/25/the-rehabilitation-of-mao-and-whether-china-really-wants-to-enter-the-global-marketplace/</link>
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		<title>Housing is a Social Necessity Not Just a Social Good</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nepali News: &#8220;Housing provision is so central to social and economic development that policymakers need to act on this rather than continue to treat the activity as a mere social good, the author of a new book on the subject said.&#8221;
&#8220;Building prosperity: housing and economic development” a book by Dr Anna Tibaijuka covers the subject [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.civilrightsmatter.com/2009/11/24/housing-is-a-social-necessity-not-just-a-social-good/</link>
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		<title>Sergei Magnitsky Dies in Soviet Prison</title>
		<description><![CDATA[







Rights Council Vents Over Magnitsky

The advisory group, created under then-President Vladimir Putin, has enjoyed a more prominent role in Medvedev’s Kremlin, but it is less critical of the government than independent rights groups.






“One of the presentations mentioned that the acquittal rate in Russian courts is less than 1 percent. The president seemed surprised and promised [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.civilrightsmatter.com/2009/11/24/sergei-magnitsky-dies-in-soviet-prison/</link>
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		<title>The Ogiek: Forest People of Africa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[International / Africa
Forest People May Lose Home in Kenyan Plan
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN
Published: November 15, 2009
Officials are gearing up to evict tens of thousands from the Mau Forest, in a government conservation effort that has raised suspicion.
The Ogiek are a hunter-gatherer tribe who live in parts of Kenya and Tanzania.  The Ogiek are forest dwellers who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.civilrightsmatter.com/2009/11/23/the-ogiek-forest-people-of-africa/</link>
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		<title>Hello World: Civil Rights Matter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our goal is to inform our readers of civil rights issues all over the world.  We will interview people in our part of the world and welcome people who wish to interview others in their part of the world.
We wish to encourage discussion by posting articles and issues that address key civil rights issues.
We will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.civilrightsmatter.com/2009/11/21/hello-world-civil-rights-matter/</link>
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