Senator Webb sees Suu Kyi open to easing Myanmar sanctions
U S senator Jim Webb in Myanmar says Aung San Suu Kyi indicated she is not opposed to lifting some sanctions on the junta. Webb met Suu Kyi and Than Shwe, secured the release of an ailing American, and plans to brief Hillary Clinton as U S policy reviews continue.
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Missouri RICO charges first for human trafficking case
A 45 count indictment in Kansas City accuses Giant Labor Solutions and two other firms of trafficking hundreds of foreign workers to 14 states. Eight Uzbekistan nationals and four others face RICO charges in what prosecutors call the largest human trafficking case here. Workers from the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and the Philippines were brought with false visas and forced into high rents and abusive living conditions.
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