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United Kingdom France scores low on Reporters Without Borders ‘freedom index’
Published on 20/10/2010
A 'freedom index' compiled by press watchdog Reporters Without Borders has condemned the usual dictatorships, but also criticised some emerging powers and established democracies such as France, which placed 44th.