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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: child labor

child labor stories: 4 news summaries

(Newser) - The Pennsylvania Department of Labor is investigating Jon & Kate Plus 8 to see if the show violates child labor laws, the AP reports. TLC says it complies with all state regulations; the department would not reveal who made the complaint, saying only “any complaint we get, we investigate.... More »

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entertainment • reality TV • child actors • Pennsylvania • child labor • Department of Labor • TLC • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

OPINION

Gems That Bankroll Burma Junta Remain
on Sale in US

Congress closing loophole as a first step

Dec 18, 07 7:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Congress is moving to close a loophole in a law that forbids the sale of rubies from Burma, but the measure comes too late for the holiday shopping season, writes Marin Cogan of the New Republic. That means US shoppers—unless they take pains to question their jewelry shop's policy—... More »

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child labor • Burma • blood diamonds • gems • ruby • jade • loopholes

Voodoo Child Smugglers Busted in Netherlands

Young prostitutes
took mystic vows

Oct 25, 07 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dutch police have broken a child prostitution ring that used voodoo to control its young charges, authorities announced today. Authorities found missing Nigerian children prostituting themselves in France, Italy, and Spain, apparently obeying mystic vows given them by their kidnappers and voodoo shamans. Police have so far arrested dozens accused... More »

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prostitution • Nigeria • Amsterdam • child labor • smuggler • slavery • human trafficking • child pornography • child prostitution • prostitute

Child Slavery Scandal Blows Up in China

Kids kidnapped, sent to work in brick kilns rescued in giant crackdown

Jun 16, 07 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A child labor scandal is rocking rural China as information surfaces on kidnapped children forced to work as slaves in the country's brick factories. In crackdowns this week, nearly 50,000 police in two Chinese provinces have rescued 550 people, including dozens of the thousands of children believed to be... More »

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China • kidnapping • children • slave labor • slave • Henan Province • Shanxi Province • child labor • factory

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