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China frees 24,000 abducted women, kids in 2011
Mar 11th, 2012
Chinese police rescued more than 24,000 abducted children and women last year, some of whom had been sold for adoption or forced into prostitution as far away as Angola, officials said Sunday. (Source: AFP) -
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