BACKING THE BID: The representatives co-sponsoring the resolution include some of Taiwan's biggest supporters such as Scott Garrett, Tom Tancredo and Steve Chabot
By Charles Snyder
Complaining that the human rights of the people of Taiwan have been "severely abridged" by the exclusion of the nation from the UN, a group of 19 US representatives introduced legislation to support Taiwan's membership in the global body.

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WALKING THE WALK: Opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was determined to go ahead with a 300km march from Lahore to Islamabad starting Tuesday
Pakistan announced plans to lift its state of emergency within one month and allowed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto to leave her villa following a day under house arrest, as the country sought yesterday to restore its battered image at home and abroad.

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UN human rights expert Paulo Sergio Pinheiro is due today to start his first visit to Myanmar in four years as rights groups demanded the ruling junta release all political prisoners.

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China's government suspended the export of toys covered with a toxic chemical that have been subject to recalls from Australia to the US after sickening children, the Xinhua news agency reported.

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DEFYING THE BAN: Rights activists slammed the government's stance on the rally which the Malaysian prime minister had promised to suppress
Malaysian police unleashed tear gas and water cannons on protesters yesterday as tens of thousands defied a government ban and rallied in the capital to call for clean and fair elections.

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