41.   According to ECPAT figures, about one million children are sexually exploited in Asia alone.

42.   Austrian police arrested two men suspected of being part of a paedophilia ring exploiting Slovak children, police said here Thursday.

43.   US Trade Representative Mickey Kantor on Thursday called for the suspension of trade preferences enjoyed by certain Pakistani exporters because they continue to exploit child and bonded labor.

44.   Leslie Roberts, spokeswoman for the Pentland Group which owns Mitre, said the group accepts a responsibility for ensuring young children are not exploited in making its products.

45.   Representatives of the tourism industry, international organisations and governments have met for the first time to seek ways of combating the thousands of sex tourists who exploit children.