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BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- China retaliated on Thursday against a U.S. report critical of its human rights performance, accusing America of turning a blind eye to violations at home while "pretending to be the world's judge of human rights." A report by the State Council, or cabinet, titled "The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2002," was Beijing's answer to an annual State Department report highly critical of China's human rights record issued earlier this week. The Chinese report, issued by the official Xinhua news wire, said Washington had given distorted pictures and levied criticism of human rights conditions in China and elsewhere, but failed to address the human rights problems in the United States. "Therefore, it is necessary to make known to the world the human rights violations in the United States in 2002," it said. <snipped> - jmh There Are No Words Maru _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
