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With that announcement, Lebanon transformed from a country in which each party, embassy and intelligence agency operates its own monitoring network to an officially-sanctioned police state.
Patrick Galey: The Middle East's Latest Police State Patrick Galey 2011
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Suddenly, ironically, being a Bale fan can now -- for an ordinary Chinese citizen -- signal opposition to officially-sanctioned human rights abuses and corruption.
Marty Kaplan: China's Christian Bale PR Nightmare Marty Kaplan 2011
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With that announcement, Lebanon transformed from a country in which each party, embassy and intelligence agency operates its own monitoring network to an officially-sanctioned police state.
Patrick Galey: The Middle East's Latest Police State Patrick Galey 2011
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Suddenly, ironically, being a Bale fan can now -- for an ordinary Chinese citizen -- signal opposition to officially-sanctioned human rights abuses and corruption.
Marty Kaplan: China's Christian Bale PR Nightmare Marty Kaplan 2011
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In the case of Lin and Lee, former president Bill Clinton brokered Ling and Lee's release, though it was made clear that it was a private humanitarian mission, not an officially-sanctioned State Department undertaking.
Michael Rowe: Should the U.S. Get Involved in the Amanda Knox Murder Verdict? Michael Rowe 2010
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And the catalogue of officially-sanctioned abuses that took place there still haunts us.
Daphne Eviatar: Lindsey Graham's Backwards Look at Military Commissions Daphne Eviatar 2010
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In the case of Lin and Lee, former president Bill Clinton brokered Ling and Lee's release, though it was made clear that it was a private humanitarian mission, not an officially-sanctioned State Department undertaking.
Michael Rowe: Should the U.S. Get Involved in the Amanda Knox Murder Verdict? 2010
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And the catalogue of officially-sanctioned abuses that took place there still haunts us.
Daphne Eviatar: Lindsey Graham's Backwards Look at Military Commissions 2010
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McDonnell yesterday told Col.W. Steven Flaherty, the state police superintendent, that he was reversing a 2008 policy that required chaplains to offer non-denominational prayers at officially-sanctioned police events.
Cuccinelli: McDonnell policy allowing 'Jesus' prayer is constitutional 2010
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In the case of Lin and Lee, former president Bill Clinton brokered Ling and Lee's release, though it was made clear that it was a private humanitarian mission, not an officially-sanctioned State Department undertaking.
Should the U.S. Get Involved in the Amanda Knox Murder Verdict? 2010
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