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Tuesday, December 10, 2013   12:01 GMT

U.S. Still Playing Catch-up in Asia
John Feffer

WASHINGTON - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden wrapped up his finger-wagging tour of Asia on Friday, with a busy week of lecturing the Chinese, trying to get the South Koreans and Japanese to play nice with one another, and damning North Korea with faint praise for releasing an 85-year-old American after more than a month of detention.
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Free Expression Another Casualty of Sanctions
Ramy Srour
WASHINGTON - Aliakbar Salehi is a former member of the Iranian parliament and an internet freedom and human rights advocate now living in Washington, DC. In 2006, he was arrested and jailed by the Iranian government for urging human rights reforms.
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Bill Commits U.S. Diplomacy to Ending Abuse of Women
Carey L. Biron
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Congress is being urged to pass “urgent” legislation that would make issues of violence against women and girls a key focus in all U.S. diplomatic efforts.
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