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Posted: 30 January 2013 03:34 AM

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Annual Freedom of Press rankings for 179 countries, by Reporters Without Borders.

Top 10:

1. Finland
2. Netherlands
3. Norway
4. Luxemburg
5. Andorra
6. Denmark
7. Liechtenstein
8. New Zealand
9. Iceland
10. Sweden

The United States comes at 32nd place, the UK 29th, Canada 20th [edit: and Australia at 26th].

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Posted: 30 January 2013 05:49 AM

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And Australia at 26…and that’s the only mention we rate.

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Posted: 30 January 2013 05:52 AM

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I’m actually not surprised though.

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Posted: 30 January 2013 06:29 AM

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Smerk - 30 January 2013 05:49 AM
And Australia at 26…and that’s the only mention we rate.

I tried to include the countries of the most active MoH homies but somehow forgot you Ozzies - apologies!

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Posted: 30 January 2013 06:32 AM

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The bottom 10:

170. Sudan
171. Cuba
172. Vietnam
173. China
174. Iran
175. Somalia
176. Syria
177. Turkmenistan
178. North Korea
179. Eritrea

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