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In Colombia, illegally felled timber repurposed to help bees
AFP, Published on 28/12/2023
» SOCORRO (COLOMBIA) - In northeast Colombia, police guard warehouses stacked high with confiscated timber with a noble new destiny: transformation into homes for bees beleaguered by pesticides and climate change.
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Plane held on trafficking concerns lands in India
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» MUMBAI - A plane grounded in France for days over concerns it was part of a human trafficking scheme landed in India on Tuesday, with its passengers avoiding media questions as they quickly exited bustling Mumbai airport.
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Pele 'would have been sad' at state of Brazil team, says son
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» SAO PAULO - Pele "would have been sad" at the state of the current Brazilian national team, his son Edinho has said in an interview days before the first anniversary of his death on Friday.
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Plane held for days in France on trafficking concerns lands in India
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» MUMBAI - A plane that had been grounded in France for days over concerns its nearly 300 mostly Indian passengers were part of a human trafficking scheme has landed in Mumbai, flight tracking data showed early Tuesday.
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Indians held in France over trafficking fears questioned
AFP, Published on 24/12/2023
» VATRY, France: Four French judges on Sunday began questioning more than 300 Indians travelling on a plane detained near Paris over suspicions of human trafficking.
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Etsy targeted by child trafficking conspiracy theories
AFP, Published on 22/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - Conspiracy theorists who believe in a secret cabal of child sex traffickers have set their sights on yet another online retailer: Etsy, a website best known for selling handmade items.
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'Like a saviour': Japanese women fall prey to host clubs
AFP, Published on 20/12/2023
» TOKYO - Growing up, Mirai Kisaragi fled her abusive parents, survived homelessness and contemplated suicide. At 18, she met her "saviour" at one of Tokyo's hundreds of host clubs, where men entertain women.
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Myanmar overtakes Afghanistan as top opium producer
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» Myanmar became the world's biggest producer of opium in 2023, overtaking Afghanistan after the Taliban government's crackdown on the trade, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday.
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Australia, Papua New Guinea announce security deal
AFP, Published on 07/12/2023
» SYDNEY - Australia clinched a security deal with Papua New Guinea on Thursday, bolstering ties to a key Pacific neighbour that has been courted persistently by China.
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Tantric yoga sect guru to appear before France judge
AFP, Published on 01/12/2023
» PARIS: The leader of a controversial tantric yoga sect was to go before a French judge on Friday, a judicial source said, after he was arrested in a probe along with over a dozen others on suspicion of kidnapping, rape and people trafficking.
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