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Hi,

Welcome to the November 2007 update of the Global Issues web site. To
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Anup Shah
http://www.globalissues.org


In this update:
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1) Arms Trade Spending

2) Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007


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1) Arms Trade Spending

Updated figures on arms sales between 1999 and 2006 shows that a
select few developing countries were again the main focus for arms
sales in 2006, although overall sales ($40 billion) that year were
slightly down from 2005, the year with the highest sales in the
period covered ($46 billion). The top arms sellers throughout this
period were the US, Russia, France, United Kingdom, and Germany. The
bulk of the sales went to developing countries, mostly to India,
China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel, Pakistan, South Korea, South
Africa, and Singapore. Graphs and charts have been updated.

http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/ArmsTrade/BigBusiness.asp


2) Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007

Reporters Sans Frontiers (Reporters Without Borders) issued a
worldwide press freedom index for 2007. As expected, democracies
ranked the best, with totalitarian regimes at the bottom. As with
their previous index, major countries ranked somewhat lower than
what many may expect. Canada and Germany where the highest ranking
G8 rich countries, but only ranked 18th and 20th while the lowest
ranked G8 countries were the US (48th) and Russia (144th). Some
poor countries ranked quite well, compared to where many would
expect such countries.

http://www.globalissues.org/HumanRights/Media/Intro.asp


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