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Subject: [Leica] What the World Eats
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Tue Jun 17 09:17:02 2008
References: <200806161617.ARL74426@rg4.comporium.net> <003201c8d047$2be82a30$9800000a@eigenaarac8c70> <5CA3C7C8-E5D0-45A4-8EA7-71A5B9D36DD8@charter.net> <3988AA08-F209-4ECB-9638-09BECD1D9B50@btinternet.com>

Slavery, in the form of trafficking of humans, is alive and well all over
the world, no country is immune. If you think not, look at the dark
underbelly of your own country with dispassionate eyes.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com>
wrote:

> Apparently slavery is still extant in Africa, Nigeria for example, despite
> having been illegal for a long time.
>
>
>
> On 17 Jun 2008, at 15:47, Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net>
> wrote:
>
>  The image from Kuwait, #4, is utterly disturbing. The two figures in the
>> background look to be servants. I'll gladly stand corrected if it is
>> otherwise. I just couldn't get the horrible reputation the area has in how
>> it treats "guest workers" out of my mind when I saw the image. Given that
>> the Arabian peninsula was the last to sign the anti-slavery convention in
>> the 1960's, and kicking and screaming all the way to the table no less, it
>> paints a grim picture.
>>
>>> s.d.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>  PESO:
>>>>
>>>> This is very interesting:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373664,00.html
>>>>
>>>> Tina
>>>>
>>>> Tina Manley
>>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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