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Russia's sex slave industry thrives, rights groups say

Young women in bright miniskirts and high heels line up to sell themselves in the dingy back streets throughout the Russian capital. Moscow's illegal flesh markets are flourishing, with up to 30 women at each pickup point, or tochka, standing in order of price for the night.

Time.com: Burma Cyclone Death Toll Past 22,000

The cyclone death toll soared above 22,000 on Tuesday and more than 41,000 others were missing as foreign countries mobilized to rush in aid after the country's deadliest storm on record, state radio reported

First of 60,000 refugees from Bhutan arrive in U.S.

Bhutanese refugees began arriving in the United States on Tuesday, the first wave of what the United Nations describes as one of the world's largest resettlement efforts.

Time.com: Iraq's Need: A Humanitarian Surge

Angelina Jolie's visit notwithstanding, the do-good organizations are too cowed by violence to return to Iraq

Afghanistan suffers worst winter in 30 years

Aid workers have launched emergency responses to help people in rugged and poverty-stricken central and western Afghanistan, enduring what the United Nations is describing as "the harshest winter in nearly 30 years."

Shantytowns springing up in Iraq

Iraqis fleeing their homes because of sectarian warfare are starting to set up their own makeshift camps inside the country, a development reflecting the dire scope of the country's population displacement problem.

Quake survivors' new fear: Landslides

From the sky, the mountains in this part of Kashmir seem fragile. Loose soil and fractured rock precariously poised on steep slopes wait for rains and tremors to set them free.

How to help: Refugee agencies

The sixth annual World Refugee Day is Tuesday. The United Nations unanimously adopted a resolution in 2000 to remember refugees on a special day each year.

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