51.   Instead of leading, America has ratified many human-rights treaties only after most other countries have already done so.

52.   It prevents Americans from getting an unmuddied vision of what some countries are doing for us, and others to us.

53.   It is the minimum a responsible country can do to protect the well-being of its citizens.

54.   Koskinen said there are three reasons why less developed countries did so well.

55.   Kulishov said Russia would respond to inquiries about its wartime records, although it would not open them to scholars, as some countries do.

56.   Many politicians and others believe that the Susurluk crash gives Turkey a chance to confront past excesses as South Africa, Argentina and other countries have done.

57.   Meanwhile, many Latin American countries are doing well, and even Russia looks halfway promising.

58.   Much therefore depends on exactly what the crisis countries do.

59.   No matter what other oil-producing countries may do, Pena noted that the United States will not participate in any efforts to manipulate world oil prices.

60.   No country does.