China slave scandal brings resignation calls
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Chinese media demanded official resignations and repentance on Monday amid popular outrage over the virtual enslavement of workers in scorching brick kilns that reports said had operated with government complicity.
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Chinese petitioners appealing to the government against injustices are ordered to leave their Beijing homes.
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As Chinaâs Jiang Zemin steps down from his post as chairman of the Central Military Commission, many scholars and media are advocating further changes, including political reform.
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Diplomats, newspapers and lawyers express their regret at the resignation of the man in charge of Kenya's fight against corruption.
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Beijing has ordered provincial governments to begin a promised nationwide crackdown on forced labor in China, sparked by outrage over reports hundreds of farmers and children were enslaved in rural brick kilns.
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Chinese police have captured a man accused of holding workers in virtual slavery, state media reported on Sunday amid a national scandal over rural teenagers and men forced to work in brutal, furnace-like brick kilns.
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BEIJING -- The outrage started with the discovery that more than 500 migrant laborers had been forced to work in conditions bordering on slavery in out-of-the-way brick kilns. Local Communist Party authorities, state-run media said, had looked the other way.
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Chinese police have detained 168 people accused of involvement in slavery that trapped victims in scorching brick kilns, state media said on Monday, as outrage over official complicity rippled through the usually tame press.
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Politicians in France increased calls for the resignation of top executives at SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale, ahead of the boardâs regular meeting, scheduled for Wednesday.
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Two Bank of China officials have reportedly vanished along with up to $120m in the latest scandal to hit China's banking sector.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, Sept. 9 -- Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Taiwan's capital Saturday demanding the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian, whose family members and close aides have been embroiled in a string of corruption scandals.
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Hong Kong democrats accused China of jailing one of their members on trumped-up prostitution charges in a bid to disgrace a political movement Beijing has been feuding with for seven years.
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China's ruling Communist Party vowed on   Tuesday to get to the bottom of a corruption scandal that has   toppled Shanghai's top official, while fending off questions   about the case that may bring down more leaders.
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China's Communist Party expels nine officials and businessmen over a big Shanghai corruption scandal.
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Jiang Zemin, China's military chief and senior leader, has told Communist Party officials that he plans to resign, two people with leadership connections say.
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The top Communist Party leader in Shanghai is dismissed for corruption, Chinese state media reports.