Iraq to fly home despairing Sri Lankan workers
BAGHDAD (AP) — A group of Sri Lankan laborers who tried to kill themselves after months of begging for food and shelter when their employer went out of business will each be given $3,000 and flown home for free, the Iraqi government said Wednesday.
Despairing because they hadn't been paid, 10 of the Sri Lankans climbed a building in Iraq's southern Maysan province and threatened to hang themselves in May before ...
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