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I find http://www.google.com to be a fairly good search engine. I did a search for "chinese organ harvest prisoner" and found some links.
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I find http://www.google.com to be a fairly good search engine
Thanks, Alex. I'm partial to Google as well, for general searches, but it seems as though the search results are based strictly on Boolean compatibility, with little regard to the date of the report. In this case, I entered similar keywords to those you indicated--and got several interesting articles, but none more recent than early 2000. I was particularly interested in the name and authors of the bill in question, so this wasn't quite what I had in mind.
I'm looking, more specifically, for a current-news-based search engine.
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Hi Mandy,
Confronted with news of the type which you quoted, I should be extremely suspicious (If the story is about China, it is believed without question, this has been so since the 19th century). The fact that you could not find a source for confirmation heightens the suspicion that it is actually a slanderous ploy (with no intention to introduce that bill). The originator knows very well that the intended effect on the political climate is achieved even if a retraction is issued later. Early 2000 was at the height of the anti-Chinese surge in the US...
The a-historic character of the internet is another interesting point: you are probably in the minority if you look up the date of a "news" item..
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Oh, there we have it in a nutshell: sarchasm graphically evokes the horror of irony for those who are lacking the corresponding gene.
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Excellent points, wsieber. Thank you. I had been wishing that I had never read it, but now that I can think that perhaps it was propaganda, I feel better. When it comes to propaganda, I experience a sarchasm.
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The lady Sparteye > For an irony icon, how about an iron? It's readily recognizable...
The gentleman wwh > A golf iron? What number?
Ahhhhh, Viva la differance!
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The lady Sparteye > For an irony icon, how about an iron? It's readily recognizable...
The gentleman wwh > A golf iron? What number?
The wise old woman > Ahhhhh, Viva la differance!
The Fool > I had Sparteye's iron in mind from the moment she mentioned it. But, then, I'm not a gentleman; I'm one of the common folk.
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Faldage > I'm one of the common folk.
One of Nature's Gentlemen I'm sure.
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Faldage > I'm one of the common folkI think you missed the flat iron! He's boasting about being humble 
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Whan Adam delvéd ond Eve span
Wha was then the gentil man?
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