Hardline hospitality: China draws fire as it prepares to host a women's rights conference
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China is being criticized on two fronts on the eve of the 1995 UN Conference on Women: for its harsh human rights record, and for the facilities it has built for non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Huairou, site of the NGO conference, is some distance away from the main event in Beijing.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1995
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Talks and tension
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Relations are extremely tense between the Israeli and Palestinian residents of the West Bank town of Hebron. Talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are focusing on Hebron following a summit between Benjamin Netanyahu and Yasir Arafat in Washington, DC.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
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Gypsy dreams: a Czech TV show spurs a refugee surge in Canada
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Inquiries from Gypsies seeking asylum in Canada soared after the broadcast of a documentary on Canada's asylum system on Czech TV. The situation has spurred a domestic debate in the Czech Republic about discrimination against Gypsies.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1997
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