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United States Department of State

February 18, 2007The State Department was fighting terror by posting comments on Arabic blogs.
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PR Watch

March 8, 2006The U.S. State Department issued a report criticizing human rights abuses in China, North Korea, Iran, and Cuba. It also criticized the rights records of Jordan and Egypt, two countries where the United States has sent detainees to be interrogated. The report noted that the United States' "own journey towards liberty and justice for all has been long and difficult," and is "far from complete."
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The New York Times

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The Independent

April 23, 2005Rice also ordered a State Department report on terrorism be stripped of statistics that showed that terrorist attacks were on the rise.
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Philly.com

March 7, 2005 Syria agreed to move its troops into eastern Lebanon, but the U.S. State Department warned that this is not enough.
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Guardian

March 1, 2005The U.S. State Department released a report criticizing other countries for using torture techniques often used by the United States.
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Washington Post

May 15, 2003TheState Department warned of Bali-style bombings in Malaysia.
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Toronto Star

May 1, 2003The U.S. State Department complained in a report that Canada's contribution to the war on terrorism was being hampered by its obsession with civil liberties and personal privacy: "Canadian laws and regulations intended to protect Canadian citizens and landed immigrants from government intrusion sometimes limit the depth of investigations."
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The Ottowa Citizen via Canada.com

February 5, 2002 Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon said he wished he had “liquidated” Yasir Arafat in the 1980s when he had the chance. A state department official said “remarks like these can be unhelpful.”

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