1.   China has traditionally preferred to award large contracts to companies from countries that refrain from loud criticism of its rights record.

2.   Fox has criticized Cuba on its rights record.

3.   Gore, campaigning on the streets of Milford, dismissed complaints that he has been less than candid about his abortion rights record.

4.   They contend that economic pressure is needed to help force Beijing to clean up its rights record.

5.   A human rights organization on Thursday criticized Turkey for increasing reports of torture in prisons despite a commitment to the European Union to improve its rights record.

6.   But the defeat was all the more galling to many Americans because countries with poor rights records, including Sudan and Togo, were voted onto the commission.

7.   But it is expected to be the last of these applicants to join, largely due to EU concerns about its rights record.

8.   European officials have cited its poor human and minority rights record and the weak Turkish economy as reasons for keeping Turkey out.

9.   European officials have cited poor human and minority rights record, and the weak Turkish economy as reasons for keeping Turkey out.

10.   For most of the past decade, China has expended successful but embarrassing efforts to fend off censure of its rights record.