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Thursday's global agenda: Human trafficking in the spotlight
Your morning global affairs speed-read
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder are scheduled to announce a new partnership to combat human trafficking at 10:30 a.m. The announcement comes after President Obama issued an executive order last week aimed at eradicating trafficking by federal contractors or subcontractors and told the Clinton Global Initiative that he would soon be issuing new orders.
On Capitol Hill, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission holds a briefing at 10 a.m. on “The Status of Women's Human Rights in Afghanistan.”
Also at the Capitol, the U.S. Helsinki Commission holds a briefing on child sex trafficking at 2 p.m.
Finally, the U.S. Institute of Peace hosts a webcast on managing the post-Assad transition in Syria at 9:30 a.m.
In other news:
Turkey strikes back for second day after Syrian shelling kills five civilians [The New York Times]
The U.N. Security Council will soon be asked to approve a Western-backed security force to combat the spreading terrorism threat in Mali, The Washington Post reports.
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