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Submitted by mark osborn on November 24, 2007 - 1:00pm.
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Schools shut in massive child labour scandal

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Submitted by mark osborn on November 24, 2007 - 1:07pm.
Schools shut in massive child labour scandal

In Uzbekistan, the second-largest cotton exporter in the world, it's an annual ritual. Come September, many schools are shut down for several months. Schoolchildren and their teachers are sent to the cotton fields to harvest what is dubbed "white gold."

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