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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 10. Ousted Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo (L) talks to journalists outside his home in Lambare, on the outskirts of Asuncion, June 23, 2012.

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ASUNCION | Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:49pm EDT

ASUNCION (Reuters) - Paraguay's ousted President Fernando Lugo branded the country's new government illegitimate on Sunday and said he would not collaborate with a "false" administration as neighboring countries step up criticism of his rapid impeachment.

Lugo, a mild-mannered former Roman Catholic bishop, said he would back any peaceful effort aimed at restoring institutional order to the soy-exporting nation after Congress voted overwhelmingly to remove him from office on Friday.

(Reporting by Daniela Desantis, Guido Nejamkis and Helen Popper; Editing by Anthony Boadle)
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