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...developing countries seeking to improve their lives through low-skilled jobs in more-prosperous countries. Others fall victim to forced or bonded labor in their own countries. Women, eager for a better future, are susceptible to promises of jobs abroad as babysitters, housekeepers, waitresses or models - jobs that traffickers turn into the nightmare of forced prostitution without exit. Some families give children to adults, often relatives, who promise education and opportunity but instead sell the children into exploitative situations for money...
...Kennedy, who introduced his first national health-insurance bill all the way back in 1970. But Kennedy, who is struggling with brain cancer, has been away from Washington for most of this year - and it shows in the chaos that surrounds the panel as it begins to try to turn his long-held dream of universal health coverage into reality. "As we always say around here, if you want to get a bill through, give it to Kennedy," says Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, a senior member of the panel. "He just knows how to get the deals and get everybody...
...resolution, once the U.S. or its allies locate a suspect ship, they would then request permission from the North Korean government, not from the ship's crew, to come aboard to inspect its contents. The expected denial from Pyongyang would trigger a notification to the Security Council, which in turn would urge the North Koreans to direct the ship to a convenient port for inspection. Most North Korean ships lack the ability to travel long distances, meaning they pull into harbors relatively frequently for fuel and supplies. "There are many countries in the region that we believe would be cooperative...
...Human-rights activists worry that by disbarring these lawyers, the government will turn a group of people working within the system into a group of outsiders. "If they don't have many avenues to protest what has happened to them, then it can easily turn into a situation where they will be seen as dissidents," says Bequelin. And once they fall into that category, the lawyers will lose whatever marginal protections their profession once gave them...
Iraqis' apathy toward the Iranian election could still change, of course. If Mousavi supporters continue to turn out in the millions and there's a real chance for a change in leadership, Iraqis will be reminded of the revolution that brought the mullahs to power in the first place. "The 1979 revolution led to the [Iran-Iraq war]," says Fayad. "If there's another revolution, we'll be the first ones to experience the consequences. So of course we'll pay attention...