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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Philippines fails to industrialize, women as drug mules

MANILA--"Maid in the Philippines" was how its top export commodity used to be known, with millions of women from the impoverished country hired abroad as domestic workers.

But as menial jobs vanish in the global recession and opportunities fail to materialize at home, more and more desperate Philippine women are resorting to something far more dangerous -- smuggling drugs as mules.

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20110220-321282/Women-drug-mules-pay-as-Philippines-fails-on-jobs

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