Anti-trafficking drive launched
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A campaign urging people to be more aware of human trafficking is being formally launched.
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The move is part of a Defense Department effort to reduce the possibility that troops will contribute to human trafficking overseas by seeking the services of women forced into prostitution.
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Campaigners say Whitehall wants even litter-droppers on crime database.
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New measures to fight crime and drugs are expected to be at the heart of the Queen's Speech on Tuesday.
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Actor Kevin Kline's new film on the epidemic trafficking of human beings, with girls forced into prostitution and children into slave labor, opened on Wednesday at the United Nations.
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A leading children's charity calls for action to stamp out age discrimination against young people.
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The UN is leading a day of global events to mark the abolition of slavery and to highlight continuing abuses.
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A number of cities are seeing a rise in drug users taking heroin and crack together, a charity says.
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By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ  DORAL, Fla. - More than 85 federal and local law enforcement agencies kicked off a two-day exercise Wednesday to prepare for a possible mass migration from the Caribbean, such as might occur following a change in government in Cuba.
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A new campaign aimed at helping disabled people in Scotland to find jobs is being launched.
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MADRID, Sep 21 (IPS) - Supporting the private sector in Africa, as Spanish  businesses agreed to do this week, and combating people  trafficking mafias is the way to promote development and prevent  brain drain from African countries.
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Scottish ministers launch a national campaign aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect.
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Kevin Kline was at the United Nations to promote a film on human trafficking that officials hope will raise awareness about the alarming and largely unknown problem.
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The government has earmarked 15 million pounds as an initial amount while organisations associated with South Asian communities in Britain have launched respective drives to raise funds and aid material for the affected.
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Health ministers, AIDS experts, industry and civil society representatives from across the EU and its eastern neighbours are meeting today in Vilnius to pledge action to counter a growing HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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A campaign to get motorists to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is launched by the government.
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A crackdown on dealers and users of drugs including cocaine and heroin is launched by English and Welsh police.