Jonathan Coors' face and phone number appeared on TV recently, plastered in a commercial linking the 28-year-old brewery heir to petition circulators convicted of crimes ranging from forgery to stalking.

China is investigating whether hundreds of children, most between the ages of 9 and 16, were sold to factories in the southern province of Guangdong over the past five years to work as virtual slave laborers, state media said Wednesday.

BAHRAIN's anti-trafficking law is forward-thinking but without the serious commitment of the police and law enforcement agencies its implementation is almost impossible, says a United Nations official.

Research shows 40 to 50 percent of enterprises in developing countries are owned and run by women. These businesses are effective in creating employment, reducing poverty and empowering women.

I read AA Farhan's article "Great succour to landless labourers" in State pulse column (CC 11 Aug.2008). The writer says that Madhya Pradesh has become a pioneering state in implementation of NREGP (National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme) and st