Sri Lanka loses bid for UN human rights panel seat
                   
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May 21, 2008 58 related
        

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS — Sri Lanka, which has been strongly criticized for its human rights record, lost its bid Wednesday for a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council, but four other countries with poor records won spots - In a close race for two Western seats... [read full story]                    

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