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the In- ternet and other digital media. In the wake of the col- lapse of the Soviet Union, communist governments in 8 EFTA00804732 Freedom House Eastern Europe, and military dictatorships elsewhere, there was an explosion of newspapers, radio and television stations, and other independent media with diver

and for large economic entities closely tied to the state. But there are also K Street representatives for Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Ethiopia, and practically all of the authoritarian states in the Middle East The toxic combination of unfair elections and crude majoritarianism is spread

minds (a point underscored by the fact that its highly esteemed lead economist is from China). I know the power of that approach. In Latin America, Eastern Europe, Africa and Asia, I've been a trusted problem-solver for heads of state and impoverished villagers. My good fortune to see the world through the eye

rious regions' challenges and the need for tailored solutions. There are reasons why what works well in the United States might not work in Nigeria, Ethiopia or India. Yet the World Bank is adrift. It is spread too thin. It has taken on too many fads. It is too disconnected from critical areas of scienc

r. In 2002, the U.N. Development Program's Arab Human Development Report noted that the spread of democracy in recent decades from Latin America to Eastern Europe "has barely reached the Arab States." It was precisely this lack of freedom, the report argued, that "undermines human development and is one of th

i school of jurisprudence - which stipulates the contrary. The lower courts found a Sudanese man guilty of stabbing to death a Christian woman from Ethiopia, and sentenced him to 15 years in prison. The Public Prosecution appealed against the verdicts and demanded the case be tried under Hanafi teaching

gdom Ronald N. Mannix Chairman Coril Holdings Ltd Canada Harish Manwani President, Asia, Africa, Central and Unilever Asia Pte Ltd Singapore Eastern Europe Hans Peter Manz Ambassador of Austria to Switzerland John Manzoni President and Chief Executive Officer Talisman Energy Inc. Canada Galia Maor

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the Medal of Freedom to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The previous foreign recipients included Pope John Paul II, who championed the freedom of Eastern Europe; Nelson Mandela, who triumphed over apartheid in South Africa; and Helmut Kohl, who reunited Germany. Did Merkel, for all her good qualities, real

e rather closely." Reporters Without Borders places Turkey 138th in the World Press Freedom Index (from a list of 178 countries)—only just ahead of Ethiopia (139th) and Russia (140th). The AKP's Islamist-based politics is gradually leading Turkey away from Ataturk's legacy of secular democracy toward re

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