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Behr’s Chocolate Candy Made By Child Slaves In Ivory Coast

Harry Potter’s chocolate frogs are tainted by child slave labor practices in cocoa fields

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YORKSHIRE, UK — If you’re a farmer in Ivory Coast, the start of the cocoa season foretells another harvest tainted by modern slavery and shameful forms of child labor. It has been known for more than a decade that each year forced workers — many aged 16 and younger — return to harvest the cocoa beans that are processed into the chocolate

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For Vietnam, Leftover American Bombs Mean The War Has Never Ended

Bombs have killed at least 42,000 Vietnamese since the US pulled out — more than the number of Americans killed in action.

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DONG HA, Vietnam — Nguyen Van Thi is a farmer, not a soldier, but with his missing limbs and severe burn scars, he epitomizes the brutal and ongoing aftermath of the Vietnam War. Thi, 45, found a small explosive while tending to his crops back in 1999. Not knowing what it was, he picked up the device, brushed off the dirt and tapped it with his

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For Chevron, $6 A Day Is Apparently Too Much Pay For Cambodian Workers

Fed up with rising living costs, the workers are striking for a ‘liveable wage.’

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NOM PENH, Cambodia — Is $6 a day really too much for a multibillion-dollar energy company to pay its workers in Cambodia? This is a question Chevron Cambodia Ltd. is grappling with. Starting on May 12, over 200 workers at Chevron’s Caltex gas stations across this capital city ground the firm’s business to a halt, demanding their salaries be

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Norway Deportation Of 4 Year Old Citizen’s Mother To Set Harsh Precedent

Is growing up without a mother in Norway better than poverty in Africa?

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OSLO, Norway — Should a four-year-old girl grow up in poverty in Kenya, or would it be better for her mother to abandon her to the social services here? That’s the choice facing Maria's single mother after the authorities turned down her application for asylum. Now she’s facing deportation despite the fact that her daughter is a citizen here,

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(VIDEO) Bureaucracy, Corruption And Fear Thwart Justice For Trafficked Women In Thailand

Human trafficking is big business, bringing in $32 billion annually. In 2012, the Thai government prosecuted just 27 cases, obtaining 10 convictions.

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YANGON, Myanmar — Thazin knew she was in trouble as soon as the car pulled up to her new place of employment. It wasn’t a convenience store, as promised. It was a guesthouse with a bar. And then the truth dawned on her and the others brought with her. “We realized that we would not only work at a beer bar,” Thazin said, “but also as

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Some Brazilians Want Their Country To Lose The World Cup

The heresy on the street is: ‘I’d love to see the Brazil team lose every game.’

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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — When Brazil was awarded the 2014 soccer World Cup, it seemed a no-brainer that it would please the nation known as the most skilled and passionate in the world at “the beautiful game.” Brazil’s love and mastery of the ball has won a record five World Cups, and it’s often described in religious terms, as “a mecca for

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Britain’s Far-Right UKIP Is So Popular It Gets Poop In The Mail

Even so, the UK Independence Party is poised to win next week’s elections to the European Parliament.

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Backdropped by a British flag, closed-circuit surveillance cameras keep watch, in central London, Tuesday July 26, 2005. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

LONDON, UK — Not all voters were happy when campaign fliers for the anti-EU, anti-immigration UK Independence Party started arriving in their mailboxes in advance of next week’s elections to the European Parliament. Some scrawled unprintable words before mailing them back to UKIP’s freepost address, the British equivalent of business reply mail.

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