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Firemen douse a charred ambulance and a car after a riot broke out among foreign workers in Singapore's Little India district (Credit: AFP) (19 Dec) - Human rights activists say Singapore's impending deportation of rioters breaches human rights. Activists are criticising Singapore for planning to deport dozens of South... 

Moderate minimum wages do more good than harm. They should be set by technocrats not politicians. (14 Dec) - ON BOTH sides of the Atlantic politicians are warming to the idea that the lowest-paid can be helped by mandating higher wages. Barack Obama wants to raise America’s federal minimum wage by 40% from $7.25 to $10.10... 

Qatar World Cup workers' hell - builders treated like slaves, stripped of rights. (18 Oct) - Qatar's construction sector is rife with abuse, Amnesty International (AI) has said in a report published as work begins on Fifa World Cup 2022 stadiums. Amnesty says migrant workers are often subjected to non-payment of wages,...