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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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1 of 3. Sri Lankans leave their houses after the government announced a Tsunami warning in Colombo April 11, 2012.

Credit: Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte

COLOMBO | Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:23am EDT

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Meteorological Department lifted a tsunami warning on Wednesday almost four hours after issuing it following an 8.6 magnitude earthquake off Indonesia and a number of aftershocks.

"We have lifted the warning. People now can go back to their homes. But we are still advising not to go to sea as there has been some high tides in some areas washing away some boats," S.R. Jayasekera, a deputy director of the Meteorological Department told Reuters.

(Reporting by Ranga Sirilal; Writing by Shihar Aneez; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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