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Ravaged by rights groups and upbraided by the U.S. for failing to take measures against human trafficking, the Iraqi government has been quietly working on a draft law to tackle the scourge. Baghdad was prodded into action late last year, after the release of the U.S. State Department's "Trafficking in Persons Report," according to Human Rights Minister Wijdan Mikhail Salim. "Let's say it was a tough report about the situation in Iraq, and in so many cases it was right," she says...
...However, the fate of the embattled I.T. company will not be known until accounts are restated and the new owners have had time to complete the acquisition. "It would not be wrong to say the deal could still blow up in the buyer's face," says Kumar. "The action will take a few more months to unfold...
...purchase is a gamble by Tech Mahindra, which is joint venture between Indian Mahindra & Mahindra and British Telecom. Accountants are still trying to unravel years of fraudulent accounting; bidders had little access to reliable financial data, and there is additional risk of class-action suits and litigation in the U.S. relating to the fraud. Other interested buyers, including IBM and India's Spice Group, withdrew because of the uncertainties. "It's a very risky bet," says New Delhi-based equities analyst Dhirendra Kumar. "The reward or penalization could match the risk." Tech Mahindra has yet to issue a comment...
...pirates, who had acted with virtual impunity for several years and are still holding as hostages some 200 crewmen of various nationalities, were infuriated by the U.S. Navy operation. They threatened new attacks against America. "After the action they took yesterday, we will respond with action," Hassan Yare, 38, a pirate in the Somali city of Garad, tells TIME. "We're warning the owners of the other ships that if they try to attack, we will kill the crews and burn their ships." (See pictures of the brazen pirates of Somalia...