Activists for women's rights are calling loudly for better treatment and internet scribes are testing the limits of free speech.

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Germany has been calling loudly for greater fiscal prudence.

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But foes of globalization say that what actually gets spread around is worker exploitation, and they're calling loudly for international controls on sweatshops, child labor and other ill effects of the rush for cheap labor.

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