Five are standing trial today for last year's deadly blaze that claimed 58 lives and cost what the city claims to be 158RMB million in damage. Two officials from the Jing'an District Construction and the Transport Committee and two of their subordinates are being charged with abuse of power and taking bribes, as is the manager of the Jinshan Tianyi Construction Material Department. 26 people total are to face criminal charges in association with the fire. more ›

What's interesting is this: the headline says that there are at least one million female sex slaves in the US. And the first paragraph of the article goes on to say that these figures from the US Department of Justice (DOJ), which estimates that anywhere from 100,000-3 million underage people are somehow involved in prostitution in the US. more ›