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A plainclothes policeman catches a woman during a police crackdown on prostitution in Quanzhou, Fujian province, October 29, 2011. China should remove criminal and administrative penalties against sex workers which often lead to serious police abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on May 14, 2013. The abuses include torture, beatings, physical assaults, fines and arbitrary detentions of up to two years, as well as a failure to investigate crimes against sex workers by clients, bosses and state agents, according to the report. Prostitution is not permitted under Chinese law, although the industry has boomed since the country launched economic reforms in 1978. REUTERS/Stringer

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TRIPOLI | Wed Mar 16, 2011 7:07pm EDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The Libyan rebel capital of Benghazi was quiet late on Wednesday after an ultimatum by the army of Muammar Gaddafi to avoid potential target areas there after 2200 GMT.

"In Benghazi, life is normal," city resident Faiza Ali told Reuters by telephone.

Jibril al-Huweidi, doctor at al-Jalaa Hospital in Benghazi confirmed the city was quiet.

"Some ambulances are shuttling between Benghazi and Ajdabiya," he said, referring to a city further west where loyalist and opposition forces clashed.

"They could not have made it repeatedly back and forth tonight if the evil forces were closing in on Benghazi."

(Reporting by Souhail Karam, writing by Tom Heneghan; Editing by Elizabeth Fullerton)
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