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WORLD / NEWS Wed Jul 4, 2007 @ 8:24am neoform

BBC News -- A trial has begun of 12 people who are accused of involvement in a slave labour scandal in illegal mines and brick factories in northern China. Among those who went on trial on Wednesday are kiln boss Wang Bingbing and foreman Heng Tinghan, state news.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jun 26, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

BBC News -- Opium production in Afghanistan is soaring out of control, the annual UN report on illegal drugs says. The World Drug Report says more than 90% of illegal opium, which is used to make heroin, comes from Afghanistan. It says cultivation of opium popp.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jan 11, 2007 @ 10:13am mrmdc

BBC News -- Thousands of women in Ghana are seeking dangerous, illegal abortions every year with many ending in death or disability... Read More

WORLD / OPINION Tue Oct 31, 2006 @ 10:30am mrmdc

Toronto Star -- Much has changed in the way the mainstream media deal with the war in Iraq. Most commentators now acknowledge the war is a disaster and will hurt the Republicans badly in the upcoming U.S. midterm elections... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Nov 21, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

CNN -- A Ghanaian court Wednesday found two British teenage girls guilty of attempting to smuggle drugs out of the west African country, and a legal adviser for the girls said they planned to appeal. The girls, both 16, were convicted of possessing an illegal su.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Aug 20, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- A Mexican woman whose fight to stay in the US with her US-born son attracted national attention has been sent back to Mexico as an illegal immigrant. Elvira Arellano was arrested in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon and deported several hours later. S.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Jul 11, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

Washington Post -- Prince William County supervisors voted unanimously last night to approve a resolution that targets illegal immigrants by attempting to curb their access to public services and increasing immigration enforcement by local police. But the resolution appr.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jun 25, 2007 @ 10:35am neoform

BBC News -- More than six out of 10 people regularly commit crimes against the government, their employers or businesses, research suggests. Keele University researchers said it showed petty crime was rife among the middle classes and exposed the "law-abiding majo.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed May 16, 2007 @ 9:38am neoform

BBC News -- European businesses caught employing illegal immigrants face jail sentences under new proposals from the European Commission to control immigration. Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini also wants a five-fold increase in the number of spot checks on co.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon May 7, 2007 @ 8:23am neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- Faith leaders including Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops will join MPs and trade union leaders today in calling on the government to regularise the position of an estimated 500,000 illegal migrants living in Britain. The Trafalgar Square rally, orga.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Feb 27, 2007 @ 12:39am neoform

CBC -- The illegal trade of elephant ivory has reached such unprecedented levels in Africa that the authors of a U.S. report published Monday are urging western nations to provide more aid for better enforcement. They say the trade has increased despite an in.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 6:54pm neoform

News.com.au -- PARLIAMENT has passed legislation that hands jail terms to bosses who knowingly employ illegal workers... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Dec 21, 2006 @ 8:28am neoform

International Herald Tribune -- As Europe struggles to cope with a sharply rising tide of economic refugees from Africa, France is reformulating its strategy on repatriating illegal immigrants in the hope of enlisting the support of their home countries... Read More