Hi Folks,
Time did not permit us to explore the tragedy of human trafficking. You may be interested, however, in the CFR ｗｅｂｃａｓｔ　ｏｎ　ｔｈｅ　ｓｕｂｊｅｃｔ　ｌａｔｅｒ　ｔｈｉｓ　ｗｅｅｋ．　

Here's the announcement -- note that it is very early for us on the west coast.
smiling,
clay

SLAVERY AND SUPPLY CHAINS:
What Businesses Can Do to Fight Human Trafficking

Wednesday, May 14, 2008
8:00 to 9:00 a.m. (ET)

with

Mark Lagon
Director,
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons,
U.S. Department of State

Diana Taylor
Managing Director,
Wolfensohn & Company
Presiding

*To view this webcast, visit:
http://www.cfr.org/publication/16208/cfr_live_webcast.html

The unprecedented movement of labor and complex chains of production of exportable goods promise many advances for economic prosperity. Ambassador Mark Lagon will argue that the rule of law and good corporate citizenship are needed to address those cases when migrant workers are subjected to forced labor as a result of coercion, fraud, debt, and seized identity documents. Globalization need not result in human trafficking as a modern day form of slavery, but only if public and private sector actors work vigilantly together.

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ABC News Report: U.S. Soldiers Did 'Dirty Work' for Chinese Interrogators
Alleges Guantanamo Personnel Softened Up Detainees at Request of Chinese Intelligence

By JUSTIN ROOD
May 20, 2008

U.S. military personnel at Guantanamo Bay allegedly softened up detainees at the request of Chinese intelligence officials who had come to the island facility to interrogate the men -- or they allowed the Chinese to dole out the treatment themselves, according to claims in a new government report.

Click http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4894921 for the full story.

Hi Folks,

Yale University's MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies has created an essential web resource focusing on the killing that took place during the years the Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia. It's an extensive site, including information from the 2001 tribunal, several databases, bibliographies, and maps.

http://www.yale.edu/cgp/