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INTERNATIONAL | June 16, 2007 China Reports 548 Slave Laborers Freed By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- A total of 548 slave laborers have been freed in the past month from brick kilns and other illegal job sites in central China where they were starved, beaten and forced to work 14 hours or more per day, state media reported Saturday.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-China-Slavery.html?ex=1182657600&am...

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