Navigator News (Coverage Ranks) Society70982 Human Rights 1304 Personal Rights (359) Democracy (107) EventU.S. Civil Rights Movement (40) ProfessionActivists (334) Human Rights Related People Jiang Zemin 64 Cindy Sheehan 42 George W. Bush 42 Hillary Clinton 29 Condoleezza Rice 28 Hu Jintao 25 Barack Obama 22 Aung San Suu Kyi 19 Colin Powell 18 Robert Mugabe 15 Hugo Chavez 14 Li Zhaoxing 12 Bill Clinton 12 Nancy Pelosi 11 Vladimir Putin 11 John Kerry 11 Al Sharpton 10 Jesse Jackson 10 Angela Merkel 10 Wen Jiabao 10 Tung Chee-hwa 10 Zhu Rongji 9 Tom Lantos 8 Fidel Castro 8 Ban Ki-moon 7 Events China-U.S. 130 Second Gulf War 47 U.S. Civil Rights Movement 40 2008 Beijing Olympics 36 Global War on Terrorism 35 China Deng Xiaoping Admin. 28 Tiananmen Massacre 28 Anti-war Movement 26 US Election 2008 25 HK Reporter Spy Case 24 CIA Prison Scandal 22 2002 Yang Jianli Arrest 22 Bush Admin. 22 Darfur Genocide Crisis 21 China Media Progress 21 2005 Zhao Ziyang Death 16 2006 U.S. Immigration Row 15 China Control of Internet 15 Tibet Issues 14 Aung San Suu Kyi Crisis 13 Vietnam War 13 2005 Hurricane Katrina 11 2004 Zhao Yan Case 11 2003 China Media Reform 11 2008 Olympics Host Bidding 11

China tightens restrictions on foreign performers BEIJING (AFP) - China on Thursday tightened restrictions on the entry of overseas performers into the country, according to the Ministry of Culture, just three weeks ahead of the Olympic Games.   Nations:China   People:Bjork   Source:(AFP)   2008-07-17 Young Catholics gather for opening Mass in Sydney SYDNEY, Australia - Tens of thousands of Catholic pilgrims from around the world crammed into an area along Sydney Harbor Tuesday, waving flags of their home countries and singing as they awaited a Mass opening the World Youth Day festival.   Nations:Australia France New Zealand   People:Kevin Rudd   Source:(AP)   2008-07-15 Pre-Olympics security sweep nets foreigners, Chinese alike BEIJING — When Dechen Pemba , a British citizen, walked out of her Beijing apartment at 8:55 one morning this week, she found seven to eight security agents milling about waiting for her.   Nations:China U.K. India   People:Dalai Lama   Activities:2008 Beijing Olympics   Source:(McClatchy)   2008-07-09 Congress studies how people track your online use WASHINGTON - Executives from major Internet players -- Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. -- are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc.   Activities:110th Congress   Source:(AP)   2008-07-09 Indonesian Islamist party eyes polls and presidency JAKARTA (Reuters) - A small, influential Islamist party in Indonesia is alarming moderates who fear this secular but predominantly Muslim country may head for wider use of sharia law and become less tolerant of other religions and cultures.   Nations:Indonesia Pakistan Egypt   Source:(Reuters)   2008-07-09 Headlines China tightens restrictions on foreign performers 2008-07-17 Young Catholics gather for opening Mass in Sydney 2008-07-15 Pre-Olympics security sweep nets foreigners, Chinese alike 2008-07-09 Congress studies how people track your online use 2008-07-09 Indonesian Islamist party eyes polls and presidency 2008-07-09 The minister who leads Democrats to faith 2008-07-09 Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs 2008-07-04 Bush to address new citizens on 4th of July 2008-07-04 U.S. businessman freed after 10 years in China jail 2008-07-03 Black Americans on long road to political equality 2008-06-30 Md. mom uses son's Iraq death to help change law 2008-06-27 Charter suspends ad program over privacy fears 2008-06-25 New findings about U.S. religious life 2008-06-24 George Carlin mourned as a counterculture hero 2008-06-23 Appreciation: Carlin, from straight comic to icon 2008-06-23 1st black La. Supreme Court justice dies at 84 2008-06-22 EU agrees to lift sanctions on Cuba 2008-06-19 Seven arrested in protest on Suu Kyi's 63rd birthday 2008-06-19 SF court protects privacy of work communications 2008-06-19 Activist rockers challenge Sarkozy over Africa 2008-06-18 Sweden adopts contentious eavesdropping plan 2008-06-18 Many detained by China after Tibet riots: Amnesty 2008-06-18 Ask.com Places Privacy Policy Link in Home Page 2008-06-18 OECD ministers agree to make Internet safer, more widely used 2008-06-18 Briton Simon Mann goes on trial over EGuinea coup plot 2008-06-17 China, Germany agree to talks 2008-06-15 Scanners that see through clothing installed in US airports 2008-06-12 2 lawmakers say computers hacked by Chinese 2008-06-11 Iraq, perceived hypocrisy fuel record anti-Americanism: report 2008-06-11 View of the day: Japanese activism 2008-06-11 Lieberman's Abortion Stance May Preclude Spot on McCain Ticket 2008-06-11 Lawmakers accuse China of hacking computers 2008-06-11 Christian leaders meet privately with Obama 2008-06-10 LA obscenity case nauseates some potential jurors 2008-06-10 Rights group calls for intervention in Zimbabwe 2008-06-09 Myanmar attacks media for cyclone coverage 2008-06-06 Young voters: Obama's race as an asset, non-issue 2008-06-06 U.N. experts rap U.S. "cruelty" to child prisoners 2008-06-06 US is 'the world's leading jailer:' HRW 2008-06-06 FCC chief's free broadband plan delayed 2008-06-06 Thai opposition vows to maintain street protests 2008-06-01 U.S. tells Thailand it wants democracy, not coup 2008-06-01 Landowners getting trampled in gas rights rush 2008-05-28 Pressure China on human rights post-Olympics: Amnesty 2008-05-28 China and U.S. resume human rights dialogue 2008-05-27 Google, Facebook in stalemate over social data 2008-05-25 Online communities open but still limit movement 2008-05-25 Lawmaker questions Google over privacy practices 2008-05-22 Bush lectures Arab world on political reform, women's rights 2008-05-18 Matches Shown: | 1-50 | 51-100 Most-viewed U.S. condemns China treatment of North Korean asylum seeker 2006-03-30 China under fire from all sides a year ahead of Games 2007-08-08 Charter suspends ad program over privacy fears 2008-06-25 China's influence spreads around world 2007-09-02 Critic urges China Communists to abandon dictatorship 2007-10-23 Black Americans on long road to political equality 2008-06-30 Md. mom uses son's Iraq death to help change law 2008-06-27 Protesters could disrupt Rose Parade 2008-01-01 China editor makes bold call for democracy 2007-02-05 Court orders YouTube to give Viacom video logs 2008-07-04 Two faces of China 2008-01-23 China's farmers protest a key Mao tenet 2008-01-22 China activist unreachable after announcing fast 2006-02-08 China jails reporter for leaking state secrets 2005-04-30 Activists challenge status quo in China 2007-03-18 China to come under tighter scrutiny by new US Congress 2006-11-12 Activists condemn website closure in China 2006-08-03 China rights campaigner survives attack by thugs 2005-10-11 Pre-Olympics security sweep nets foreigners, Chinese alike 2008-07-09 Scanners that see through clothing installed in US airports 2008-06-12 Greenspan says China puts boon at risk 2007-09-18 China, Germany agree to talks 2008-06-15 Young voters: Obama's race as an asset, non-issue 2008-06-06 Congress studies how people track your online use 2008-07-09 George Carlin mourned as a counterculture hero 2008-06-23

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