Global IssuesAnnouncement of new and updated content on the globalissues.org web site. GlobalIssues.org is a web site attempting to look at various global issues to show they are inter-related.2007 Press Freedom Index- November 3, 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...http://www.globalissues.org/HumanRights/Media/Intro.asp |