Russia proposes UN resolution on anti-terrorism - www.chinaview.cn 2004-09-24 13:25:31

Russia proposed on Thursday a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for establishing a new list of individuals and groups involved in terrorist activities and considering sanctions on them - to consider how to create a new list of "individuals, groups and entities involved in or associated with terrorist activities."

to consider punishments against people on the list, including an arms embargo, freezing financial assets and expedited extradition.

"Harboring terrorists, their connivers and sponsors undermines the unity and mutual trust among participants in the anti-terrorist front,"

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Modern slavery thrives in US: study www.chinaview.cn 2004-09-24 13:53:04

Modern slavery exists and is thriving United States, according to a study released Thursday by the University of California (UC) in Berkeley.      The report, named "Hidden Slaves: Forced Labor in the United States", found forced labor occurs in at least 90 cities across the United States.

And at any given time, 10,000 or more people are forced to toil in sweat shops, clean homes, labor on farms, or work as prostitutes or strippers, said the report.

Forced labor cases are concentrated in states with large immigrant communities, including California, Florida, New York and Texas.