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Britain to crack down on travel for FGM before school holidays

By Joseph D’Urso LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The British government will fast-track legislation intended to target people who take girls abroad to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) so it is in place before the school summer holidays, Prime Minister David Cameron said. Under the new FGM protection orders, people suspected of trying to take a girl abroad for FGM will be asked to surrender their passport and other travel