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Published 1/14/2009 at Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and other traditional human rights champions must retake leadership of a global agenda that has been hijacked by "spoiler" states like China, Egypt and Russia, a rights group said on Wednesday.
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