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Posted: March 6th, 2007, 3:00am PST
QUESTION: A servant runs to a neighbor for help with stories of long hours, non-payment, physical abuse. When a diplomat's accused, immunity protects them, right? MR. TAYLOR: That's not always the case. There are many different levels of immunity. There's "limited immunity," that only covers official acts, and many staff members of foreign embassies here have no immunity.
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Posted: March 6th, 2007, 3:00am PST
QUESTION: In Virginia, domestic workers alleged that their boss, a Kuwaiti diplomat, had taken their documents, forced them to work long hours, and physically abused them. While Maryland legislators tackled the issue of human trafficking based on cases there, Mark Taylor, with the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, has been tracking the problem worldwide.
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Posted: March 2nd, 2007, 3:00am PST
Kurdistan Business Exchange Conference will open doors to worldwide commerce Major Terry Lannan, Australian Army and Multinational Forces, Iraq (Baghdad, Iraq) - This March hundreds of Kurdish businessmen and women from Sulymaniyah, Erbil, Dahuk, and Kirkuk will meet in Dubai with hundreds of businessmen and women from the Middle East and around the world interested in investing in Iraq.
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Posted: March 2nd, 2007, 3:00am PST
FOB Kalsu, Iraq March 2, 2007 Helping Iraqi farmers increase yields in Babil Province (FOB Kalsu, Iraq) The Fertile Crescent has always been the agricultural heart of Iraq. The rich farmlands created by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers have long fed Iraq and the surrounding lands.