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| | Freedom in the World, 2005 — Infoplease.com |
 | | Political rights and civil liberties are more limited in these countries, in which corruption, dominant ruling parties, or, in some cases, ethnic or religious strife is often the norm. |
 | | Freedom House's separate listing of territories reveals that four territories received the lowest possible political rights rating: Chechnya (Russia), Kashmir (Pakistan), Tibet (China), and Western Sahara (Morocco); of those, Chechnya and Tibet also received the lowest possible civil liberties ratings. |
 | | Countries are ranked according to political rights and civil liberties on a scale from 1.0 (most free) to 7.0 (least free). |
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