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'The Amazing Race' recap: U-turn times 2
Reality CheckHere's Bucky on last night's The Amazing Race:Sorry, I’m a little late with this week’s recap. I had a DVR failure last night (OK, maybe user error) and I had to wait and watch the show online this morning. (Which......Tags: Metal and Mineral, Health and Medical Professionals, Bangladesh, Internists, Hamburgers
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Linking the lab and the village
Sun StaffLast of three parts At 1:30 a.m. on a chilly autumn night, the telephone rings in a brick house in North Baltimore and awakens Keith P. West Jr. Of a long list of possible callers from a dozen time zones, it turns out to be a cargo supervisor at Los...Tags: Measles, Hospitals and Clinics, Philippines, Health and Safety at School, Tuberculosis
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Bangladesh panel to recommend life in prison over building collapse
ReutersBy Serajul Quadir DHAKA, May 21 (Reuters) - A committee investigating a deadly collapse of a building housing garment factories in Bangladesh will recommend that nine people detained in connection with the disaster be sentenced to life in prison, the...Tags: House Building, Bangladesh, Plant Openings, Prisons, Land Price
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Exclusive: Bangladesh factory banned by Wal-Mart still makes Wrangler shirts
ReutersGAZIPUR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world's largest apparel maker, U.S.-based VF Corp. VF confirmed on...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bangladesh, Engineering, Consumer Goods Industries, VF Corporation
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Bangladesh court orders action against factory owner in November fire
ReutersDHAKA (Reuters) - A Bangladesh court on Sunday banned the owner of a garment factory that was destroyed in a fire in November from leaving the country as anger builds up over a string of deadly incidents in which thousands have died. The high court in...Tags: Photography Supplies and Services, Bangladesh, Photography and Video, Plant Openings, Sears Holdings Corp.
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In Bangladesh, shock may give way to status quo
NEW DELHI — The disaster caused shocking loss of life among young, mostly female garment workers, awoke the conscience of a nation, spotlighted dismal working conditions and spurred loud calls for construction and labor reform. So far, that...Tags: Islam, Italy, Target, Bangladesh, Work Rules Contract Issues
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Travel nightmare: Dakar, Dhaka — what's the difference?
Sandy Valdivieso and her husband intended to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar, Senegal. They ended up almost 7,000 miles off-course in Dhaka, Bangladesh. How something this bizarre could happen illustrates how a single mix-up on an airline's part can...
Tags: Senegal, Air Transportation, Bangladesh, Transportation Industry, Africa
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WRAPUP 3-As some retailers back Bangladesh accord, U.S. group lashes out
ReutersBy Jessica Wohl May 15 (Reuters) - An accord designed to prevent another deadly disaster in Bangladesh's garment industry drew sharp criticism from a major U.S. retail trade group on Wednesday, which said it would constrain legal rights of U.S....Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bangladesh, Work Rules Contract Issues, Labor Legislation, Consumer Goods Industries
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Students bring Internet to Bangladesh village
The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.Gush Kande is a long way from Wilkes-Barre. To reach the Bangladeshi village, five Wilkes University students and a professor flew from New York City to Dubai and from Dubai to the country's capital of Dhaka. From there, they drove west for three...Tags: Google Inc., Bangladesh, Oman, Engineering, The New York Times
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Gary Olson: Bangladesh deaths reveal high human cost of cheap apparel
The death toll from the April 24 collapsed garment factory building in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka has now exceeded 1,100, making it one of the worst manufacturing disasters in history. Young female seamstresses accounted for the overwhelming...
Tags: China, Bangladesh, JC Penney Company Inc., Plant Openings, Moravian College
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WRAPUP 4-U.S., European groups divided on how to improve Bangladesh factories
ReutersBy Jessica Wohl and Nivedita Bhattacharjee May 15 (Reuters) - A trans-Atlantic divide between European and U.S. retailers over how best to respond to fatal disasters in Bangladesh textile factories split wide open on Wednesday, with U.S. retailers...Tags: Unions, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Groceries, Hennes & Mauritz AB, Bangladesh
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Wal-Mart inspecciona fábricas en Bangladesh; reacio a acuerdo seguridad de minoristas
ReutersPor Jessica Wohl 15 mayo (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc intensifó las inspecciones a sus fábricas en Bangladesh, en momentos en que los minoristas estadounidenses y europeos buscan acuerdos por separado para tratar de evitar nuevos desastres en la...Tags: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bangladesh, Chittagong (Bangladesh), Walmart, Gap Inc.
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