Fifteen women rescued from human trafficking in Johnson County, Kansas. Illegal immigrants were recruited and employed in these sex-oriented industries, including massage parlors, acupressure, and Asian spas.
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Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus, the “Banker to the Poor”, extends his Nobel-peace-prize winning strategy to help defeat extreme poverty in Africa.
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Hundreds of children trafficked into the Congo, lured by false promises of jobs or visas. Children as young as 9 yrs old are forced into labor or prostitution. Child exploitation is rapidly spreading.
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‘Triple effort’ called for from humanitarians to bring Ugandan citizens home
Newsweek features child soldiers in Uganda
San Fransisco bans plastic shopping bags
CalArts student makes ‘ecological intervention’ — encourages use of reusable bags over plastic OR paper shopping bags
Plastic is harming wildlife, especially oceanic wildlife. Some signs are obvious — but some are harder to spot, like the miniscule pieces of plastic lurking beneath the surface. What effect does this have on us?
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Companies deny underpayment of workers, but human trafficking experts say otherwise. “Migrant workers are being lured to Britain by deception and are forming a new exploited underclass” - a BBC investigation
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Central African Republic has agreed to release about 400 child soldiers from its ranks.
