21.   The U.S. Justice Department closed an antitrust investigation of possible price-fixing in the carpet industry, Mohawk Industries Inc. said.

22.   A Pakistani human rights group claimed Masih was targeted by the carpet industry angered by his crusade.

23.   As examples they cite the millions of children in the carpet industries of Pakistan and India.

24.   Azhar reports on Bangladesh and Pakistan, both of whom succumbed to international pressure and clamped down on child labor in the carpet industry.

25.   But Masih had won international acclaim for his battle against child labor, particularly in the carpet industry where he had worked in virtual slavery for several years.

26.   Iran also buys fish and needs New Zealand wool for its carpet industry, but its government limits foreign currency for the purchase of wool.

27.   Khan has claimed Iqbal was targeted by the people in the carpet industry angered by his crusade, but has been unable to provide any evidence.

28.   Leah noted that the world carpet industry was going through a transition, with a small number of big companies becoming market leaders.

29.   Most work in agriculture, carpet industry, making fireworks, stitching footballs, working in restaurants, child prostitution and bonded labor in brick kilns.

30.   Reports of child labor have cost the carpet industry in India and Pakistan millions of dollars in contracts with Western companies.