News in Brief

India rescues 120 child slaves
Afp, New Delhi

Indian police have rescued hundreds of child slaves as young as six during days of raids on workshops in the central city of Hyderabad, a senior officer said Friday. Police discovered 120 children -- some of them sick, underweight and traumatised -- during raids on workshops that make bangles and other goods late on Thursday, as part of a city-wide crackdown on child slavery.

Suu Kyi's mansion gates to be auctioned
Afp, Yangon

A set of gates that became an enduring symbol of Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi's years under house arrest are to be auctioned, a businessman who now owns them said yesterday. The gates  were once located at the entrance to the crumbling Yangon mansion where Myanmar's most famous political prisoner was confined for much of the 1990s and 2000s because of her outspoken opposition to military rule.