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NEWS CLIPPINGS

Listing last updated: April 25, 2004

This collection of newsclippings is for research purposes only. The copyright on the articles presented in this database belongs to the publication that originally printed them. Follow this link for website addresses for some of these newspapers.

World News Clippings 2002 Peacekeeper jailed for porn films News.Scotsman.com, December 22, 2002 Topless tour bus adds spice to Berlin Reuters, December 6, 2002 Prostitutes ready to come out of shadows: Under the new law prostitutes will have employment contracts and enjoy Osh safety standards Sunday Star Times, December 1, 2002 Study by Profamilia in Dominican Republic highlights threats to children Associated Press, November 29, 2002 Uzbekistan: Focus on the growing AIDS threat IRIN (U.N.), November 29, 2002 Kazakhstan: Focus on the battle against HIV/AIDS IRIN (U.N.), November 29, 2002 U.N. Sees Growing Sex Trafficking: NGO Blames UNMIBH, Others U.N. Wire, November 26, 2002 AIDS spreads as Vietnam targets 'social evils': Regime arrests prostitutes, drug addicts San Francisco Chronicle, November 24, 2002 Poverty forces some Eritreans into prostitution Reuters, November 21, 2002 Majority of Finnish lawmakers want to criminalize buying sex Agence France Presse, November 19, 2002 Life sentence part of new child prostitution laws The Guardian, November 19, 2002 Defending their honorarium: French prostitutes have taken to the streets, not to sell their bodies, but to defend the right to do so, writes Jon Henley The Guardian, November 6, 2002 Streetwalking, en masse, for the right to tempt New York Times, November 6, 2002 On commençait à faire partie du système. Sarkozy veut nous en faire sortir Libération, November 5, 2002 French prostitutes protest crackdown Associated Press, November 5, 2002 Wang focuses on sex workers' rights e Taiwan News, November 4, 2002 Drug denial adds to costs and concerns New Zealand Herald, November 4, 2002 AIDS: Facing facts best solution Independent Bangladesh, November 1, 2002 Breaking the silence on AIDS in Pakistan Independent Bangladesh, October 31, 2002 Scotland edges towards legal red light areas The Guardian, October 30, 2002 HIV/AIDS NGOs want sex work legalized New Vision, October 28, 2002 Uganda: HIV/Aids NGOs want sex work legalized Africa News, October 28, 2002 French war on immorality targets porn, prostitutes and pay-TV Europe Intelligence Wire, October 26, 2002 Bill targets streetwalkers and their clients Reuters, October 25, 2002 Ethiopia: Conference discusses trafficking of women UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), October 24, 2002 Conference on the trafficking of women Bangkok Post, October 24, 2002 Men feel female condoms threaten patriarchy Inter Press Service, October 24, 2002 Rights group warns governments on people-trafficking victims Associated Press, October 22, 2002 Unique situation increases sex workers' risk of STDs Inter Press Service, October 16, 2002 Ethiopia: Focus on trafficking in women UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), October 14, 2002 S. Africa's highest court says prostitution a crime Reuters, October 9, 2002 Political prisoners and deportation police Ha'aretz (English Edition), October 8, 2002 S. Korean government surveys prostitutes, finds they work voluntarily and want legalisation Korea Herald, October 7, 2002 Stiff competition: Liberalisation is making the adult entertainment business respectable The Economist, October 5, 2002 Top officer wants prostitution legalised Europe Intelligence Wire, October 3, 2002 A look at prostitution Barbados Daily Nation, October 2, 2002 Russia, China, India face HIV crisis Associated Press, October 1, 2002 Report predicts AIDS epidemic for five nations Boston Globe, October 1, 2002 HIV/AIDS and reproductive health workshop held for sex workers UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), September 30, 2002 Vietnam police arrest women for "Thai-style" performance Agence France Presse, September 30, 2002 Zambia: Poor girls keep brothels in business UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN), September 27, 2002 Off-base behavior Los Angeles Times, September 26, 2002 North Maluku, a greater disaster looming for some Jakarta Post, September 26, 2002 Mixed views on sex workers put forward Asia Intelligence Wire, September 26, 2002 Dutch: Give nurse life Toronto Sun, September 24, 2002 Sex trade lures Cambodia's "beer girls" Boston Globe, September 22, 2002 German police search 1,400 homes for child porn Reuters, September 20, 2002 Dutch nurse: I didn't kill 13 — 'If a doctor can't explain it, how can I?' Toronto Sun, September 19, 2002 Legalise prostitution Bristol Evening Post, September 19, 2002 French court convicts large paedophile ring Reuters, September 19, 2002 Giving AIDS the red light Village Voice, September 18-24, 2002 Thai prostitution ring broken up Europe Intelligence Wire, September 18, 2002 Prostitution on rise in Uzbek central region Asia Intelligence Wire, September 18, 2002 EU slams sex slave trade as "terrorism" Agence France Presse, September 18, 2002 Nightmare of kid hookers Daily Record, September 17, 2002 Maggie's search for missing prostitute Europe Intelligence Wire, September 17, 2002 Vietnam police bust gang selling women into prostitution in Malaysia Agence France Presse, September 17, 2002 Danish Social Democrats want to criminalise sex purchases Agence France Presse, September 17, 2002 Human trafficking under spotlight at European conference Agence France Presse, September 17, 2002 Plight of vice kids Europe Intelligence Wire, September 16, 2002 Foreign-based Korean-language porn sites flourishing Asia Intelligence Wire, September 16, 2002 French police burst Nigerian prostitution ring Asia Intelligence Wire, September 15, 2002 Police on child porn charges bailed Press Association, September 16, 2002 Advert campaign will fight child prostitution increase Press Association, September 15, 2002 Child modeling Associated Press, September 15, 2002 Police nab 14 in brothel raids Agence France Presse, September 15, 2002 Pedophiles in Cambodia defy crackdown — report Reuters, September 14, 2002 WFP to tackle Swazi food aid-for-sex trade Reuters, September 13, 2002 Vast Nigerian prostitution network smashed in France Agence France Presse, September 13, 2002 Child protection groups urge stronger action against sex tourism Industry Voice of America, September 13, 2002 Often prostitutes are merchandise Het Parool, September 10, 2002 Red-light district for Cape Town? Cape Times, September 10, 2002 36 persons suspected of trafficking Albanian Telegraphic Agency, September 9, 2002 UNAIDS says food shortage is worsening AIDS in Zimbabwe Asia Intelligence Wire, September 9, 2002 Middlemen swoop in to milk illegal workers: Brokers and Indonesian civil servants are charging their desperate workers exorbitant sums to go back to Malaysia Straits Times, September 8, 2002 TKIs sold as sex slaves in Kalimantan Asia Intelligence Wire, September 7, 2002 Anti-prostitution ordinance on the table Asia Intelligence Wire, September 6, 2002 Child trafficking creates panic The Independent, September 6, 2002 Illegal to have AIDS In Burma ZNet, September 5, 2002 Sex abuse and sex trafficking in Malaysia Asia Intelligence Wire, September 5, 2002 Sweden hopes donation to ILO will help youth escape prostitution Associated Press, September 4, 2002 Romania: France agrees to joint action against human trafficking Radio Free Europe, September 3, 2002 Legalise it? The question of whether or not to decriminalise prostitution has led to broad debate on the matter, especially since an increasingly 'borderless' world is making the trafficking of women and children for the flesh trade easier than ever Bangkok Post, September 3, 2002 Ministry told to set up shelters for victims of human traffickers Ha'aretz (English Edition), September 2, 2002 By any other name Barron's Weekly, September 2, 2002 Lap-dancing clubs hit by permit ban Sunday Independent, September 1, 2002 The sullen majority New York Times, September 1, 2002 Pakistani paper justifies law on human trafficking British Broadcasting Corp., August 31, 2002 To regulate prostitution, Iran ponders brothels New York Times, August 28, 2002 Anger as vice girls back on Leith streets: Prostitutes have moved into a new area of Leith and residents claim they are being accosted and intimidated by the women and their pimps Edinburgh Evening News, August 26, 2002 Hobson's choice: Her method of paying the mortgage led to a juicy Evening Post suburban sex scandal exclusive, but this merely provided one of Bradley Stoke's most colourful characters with a wealth of new career opportunities. Venue Magazine, August 23 - September 6, 2002 No. 528 Private business: Poverty, corruption and market-demand combine to make pornography a Bangladeshi cottage industry Shaikh Azizur Rahman, in Dhaka, reports Al Ahram Weekly, August 22, 2002 Cambodia pressed over sex trade British Broadcasting Corp., August 21, 2002 Pick-up zone [tippelzone] must close once every while Het Parool, August 17, 2002 Internet helping to boost sex-based businesses in Japan Digital Journal, August 15, 2002 Base Instincts: Filipina and Russian women are being sold into sexual slavery in the seedy bars and nightclubs that serve U.S. military bases in South Korea TIME Asia, August 5, 2002 Cambodia to deport alleged victims of human traffic Associated Press, August 5, 2002 Anti-women-trafficking tactic ignites controversy Kathmandu Post, July 26, 2002 Cambodia wide open for trade in sex slaves Globe and Mail, July 25, 2002 Russians find iron in EU's visa curtain Globe and Mail, July 24, 2002 Vatican tales: Alexander VI Pope, 1492-1503 Globe and Mail, July 22, 2002 Killer MD's betrayal of trust was 'unparalleled in history' Globe and Mail, July 20, 2002 Cambodia jails Italian for child sex British Broadcasting Corp., July 16, 2002 Sex in the city: The clampdown on prostitutes advertising in phone boxes is driving them out on to the streets The Guardian, July 9, 2002 Cambodian sex workers celebrate solidarity Phonm Penh Post, July 8, 2002 CIDA gives $53.3-million for AIDS fight Globe and Mail, July 8, 2002 The new AIDS numbers: Staring into an abyss Globe and Mail, July 6, 2002 A light at the end of the street: Young people themselves are the solution to the growing problem of child prostitution, says street worker STEPHANIE SAUVÉ Globe and Mail, July 4, 2002 Desperation driving wives to murder husbands: Restrictive divorce laws lead some Iranian women to kill to escape abusive spouses Globe and Mail, July 4, 2002 Cambodia arrests Vietnamese girls British Broadcasting Corp., June 20, 2002 Over 60 prostitutes deported Daily Observer, June 6, 2002 Cambodian town hopes bridge will leave past behind Globe and Mail, May 25, 2002 Gambia arrests hundreds of prostitutes in sweep Reuters, May 22, 2002 Drive-thru facility solves Cologne Street sex problem Digital Journal, May 17, 2002 Sex galore in Japan when World Cup gets underway Digital Journal, May 15, 2002 Briton 'ran prostitution empire' British Broadcasting Corp., May 15, 2002 Nonoxynol-9 doesn't work Wired News, May 13, 2002 Former B.C. prostitute charged with murder Globe and Mail, May 9, 2002 AIDS orphan tells of horror in homeland: Number of parentless families due to disease could populate a country, DOUG SAUNDERS writes Globe and Mail, May 9, 2002 Netherlands stunned by slaying of extremist Globe and Mail, May 7, 2002 Child labour remains huge problem: ILO: Report says one-sixth world's kids affected Globe and Mail, May 7, 2002 The next French revolution: Why is the font of republican ideals choosing between a Super-fascist and a Super-liar when it elects its next president tomorrow? ALAN FREEMAN visits Paris, Marseilles and Toulouse and discovers a deeply divided nation scarred by racial hatred and class warfare. To some, Jean-Marie Le Pen is a bigot and a bully. To others, he is France's only hope Globe and Mail, May 4, 2002 Tijuana tackles image as seedy destination Globe and Mail, May 1, 2002 Surviving in peace off profits from vice Globe and Mail, April 25, 2002 Serial killer of 16 to die today, Iran says Globe and Mail, April 17, 2002 An epidemic of street kids overwhelms Russian cities: Moscow, St. Petersburg rife with children suffering from neglect, MARK MacKINNON reports Globe and Mail, April 16, 2002 Burmese migrants face HIV test British Broadcasting Corp., April 9, 2002 Prostitutes strip naked in protest CNN, April 5, 2002 Naked Madagascan prostitutes plunge into politics Reuters, April 5, 2002 2 arrested worldwide in Internet child-porn case Globe and Mail, March 20, 2002 B.C. man may be involved in international child pornography ring: Twelve arrested, homes searched, porn confiscated in 10 countries Canadian Press, March 20, 2002 90 are arrested in inquiry into Internet child-sex ring New York Times, March 19, 2002 Rumours and blame swirl in India after rioting: Amid an uneasy calm in violence-torn city, residents offer different versions of events Globe and Mail, March 6, 2002 Hookers await constitution ruling Business Day, February 27, 2002 Trafficking in women from Baltic States to Nordic Countries increases sharply: Women told they are getting ordinary work often sold into prostitution Helsingin Sanomat, February 26, 2002 Trafficked sex slaves create HIV 'time bomb' The Independent, February 20, 2002 Study says curing gonorrhoea can delay onset of Aids National Audio, February 18, 2002 Berlusconi touts Mussolini-era prostitution plan Globe and Mail, February 15, 2002 Resurrecting Rio's Montmartre: Known in the twenties and thirties as Rio de Janeiro's artistic, bohemian heart, the recently revitalized neighbourhood of Lapa is suddenly drawing Rio's trendsetters back in droves Globe and Mail, February 9, 2002 Teenage prostitution case shocks China British Broadcasting Corp., January 22, 2002 Third World lessons in better living Globe and Mail, January 16, 2002 Brothels in business Radio Nederland, January 3, 2002

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Created: July 9, 2002 Last modified: April 25, 2004

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