World: Playground - VIDEO - Ashton Kutcher wants every one to see it!  It’s a raw, in your face documentary called, “Playground” and the star is plugging it on twitter.  Directed by Libby Spears and co-produced by buddy George Clooney and friends, Playground goes in search of Michelle, an underage American girl swallowed up in the shadowy world of child prostitution and sexual exploitation.  Kutcher, who is set to play Apple founder, Steve Jobs in a big screen biopic, gives “Playground”, the “two thumbs up” in a bid to shine a spotlight on child exploitation and the predators who pursue them for sexual gratification and monetary gain.  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1211970462/playground-the-child-sex-trade-in-america

World:  Too little too late - VIDEO - Last week a young Chinese woman was dragged to the hospital by authorities and forced to have an abortion 7-months into her pregnancy.  The story went viral after online photos showed mother Feng Jianmei lying on a hospital bed next to the lifeless body of her little daughter.  The incident sparked national and international outrage and debate over ending China’s draconian one-child family planning policy.  The mother is said to be so distraught her family is afraid she may try to take her own life.  The officials responsible for the baby's death are on suspension while the state conducts a formal investigation.. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-06-14/china-forced-abortion-family-planning/55599886/1

World: "Hostility is widespread and mistreatment often goes unreported." - VIDEO  A new Amnesty International report says “European governments care more about reinforcing their borders than saving lives and often endanger migrants by outsourcing security along their borders”...  http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/06/13/amnesty-international-europe-endangers-migrants.html

World: Mixed emotions – VIDEO - Israel has begun the daunting task of rounding up African migrants in the first stage of a controversial plan to detain and deport them.  Many Israelis blame African migrants for rising crime and fear African migrants are ultimately diluting the Jewish character of the state. Growing hostilities have sparked race riots and arson attacks.  Race relations soured even more after 4-Africans were accused of raping an underage girl at a bus stop... http://www.euronews.com/2012/06/12/israel-rounds-up-african-migrants/

World: Exploited, trapped - their passports & wages withheld - A report from Human Rights Watch calls for labour law reforms to ensure the 2022 World Cup is not “built on the backs of abused and exploited foreign construction workers in Qatar.  The state has one of the most restrictive sponsorship laws in the region which means exploited migrant workers are unable to change jobs without their employer’s permission and cannot leave the country without an exit permit provided by their employer as well…  http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2012/06/201261264715371679.html?utm_content=automate&utm_campaign=Trial6&utm_source=NewSocialFlow&utm_term=plustweets&utm_medium=MasterAccount

World: No more migrants please!  Since the last study 2-years ago, a recent newspaper survey finds people in Norway are feeling a little warmer towards immigrants - but despite that, they still don't want more.  According to polling numbers, 53-percent remain opposed to bringing in more migrants and a little over a third felt immigration was a serious threat to “commonly held Norwegian values”.  Forty-percent claim feelings of "skepticism towards people of Islamic beliefs".  Norwegians also want migrants to assimilate more and try harder to fit in.. http://www.thelocal.no/page/view/half-of-norwegians-dont-want-more-immigrants

World: Living in limbo with no place to call home - She is permitted to walk her children to and from school each day but always under guard and no one is willing to tell her why, only that Australia’s secret service agency has branded her a threat to national security.  Even worse, the woman has no legal recourse nor is she permitted to appeal her predicament.  The Tamil mother has become Australia's poster child for 54-refugees held by the Federal Government in indefinite detention…  http://www.watoday.com.au/opinion/political-news/mother-draws-portrait-of-life-trapped-on-asio-blacklist-20120612-208ax.html