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:: Monday, January 19, 2004 :: A sad note on the state of the oppressed peoples of the world on MLK day.WorldNetDaily: Slavery abounds, U.N. 'remembers'Slavery is shockingly common in the world today: in homes, factories, farms and brothels. The most common form is bonded servitude, or holding people to work off debts with stratospheric interest rates. One widely held estimate puts the number of people in slavery at 27 million. The U.S. CIA estimates that up to 900,000 people are sold across international borders each year. The trade is illegal, and officially condemned, throughout the world. Yet it flourishes, earning perhaps $7 billion a year for its perpetrators.
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