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Dutch mayor gets death threat after closing down coffeeshop

Proving police claims that cannabis-dealing coffeeshops draw violent criminals, a mayor 's life was threatened when he ordered a coffeeshop closed down Thursday. After years of tolerating drugs-tourists, the Dutch now are cracking down hard.

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Two Dutch towns ban their coffee-shops

All the cannabis-dealing coffeeshops in two Dutch towns near the Belgian border are closing down from 16 september. This decision was made by the mayors of Roozendaal and Bergen Op Zoom, which get a weekly 25,000 drug tourists.

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Teen, 13, sells nude pics of herself on MXit

The news that a 13-year-old South African girl sold nude photographs of herself at $17 each via the instant messaging service MXit, had local police rush out an awareness campaign about its dangers. Teens are often recruited like this by sex-slavery gangs

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A federal judge for the first time in U.S. history heard arguments Monday in a case that could determine whether animals enjoy the same constitutional protection against slavery as human beings.

Brazil extends anti-slavery fight

A total of 2,270 workers in Brazil were rescued from "slave-like" conditions in 2011, the government says.

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