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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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KABUL | Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:46am EDT

KABUL (Reuters) - A man wearing an Afghan police uniform has shot dead two U.S. servicemen in Afghanistan, NATO said on Thursday.

The assailant turned his weapon against the forces in Uruzgan province, it said in a statement.

"Insider" attacks on Western forces have undermined trust between coalition and Afghan forces as NATO prepares to withdraw most combat troops at the end of 2014.

At least 54 members of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force have been killed this year by Afghans wearing police or army uniforms.

(Reporting by Hamid Shalizi; Editing by Alison Williams)
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gregbrew56 wrote:
Why, oh why are there still foreign troops in this hell hole?

Oct 25, 2012 12:06pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
victor672 wrote:
One of Obama’s Muslim brothers.

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gregbrew56 wrote:
I hope you’re joking, Victor…because if not, you’ve got some SERIOUS issues!

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