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Wal-Mart, Gap skirt the issue
If the horrific garment factory collapse last month in Bangladesh has any silver lining, it is the response from more than 30 of the world's leading apparel companies — including Benetton, PVH, Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M, Inditex (Zara), Marks &...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Plant Openings, University of California, Irvine, Bangladesh, New York University
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New videos from Syria spotlight conflict's brutality
New video surfaced on the Internet on Thursday purporting to show Syrian rebel fighters killing 11 prisoners they accused of taking part in massacres by forces loyal to President Bashar Assad. It was the latest of many grisly videos that have...Tags: Beirut (Lebanon), Murder, Research, Religious Conflicts, Science and Technology
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Letters: Solitary is too cruel for kids
Re "Too young for solitary," Editorial, May 12 Your editorial had such a promising beginning. Unfortunately, rather than saying the cruel solitary confinement of juveniles should be banned, the editorial recommend that it "should at the very least be...Tags: Human Rights Watch, American Academy of Pediatrics, Politics, Abusive Behavior
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Sweat-free labels to change the garment trade [Blowback]
In a May 7 Op-Ed article, Richard Greenwald and Michael Hirsch exhort consumers to support the workers who make our clothes rather than the global apparel industry that exploits them with low wages and unsafe working conditions. Yet exactly how we...
Tags: City University of New York, Labor Legislation, Sales, Trade Dispute, Northern Mariana Islands
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International court to explore investigating Israeli flotilla raid
JERUSALEM -- The International Criminal Court will hold a preliminary inquiry to decide whether a full investigation into Israel's deadly 2010 raid on a Turkish ship will be opened, according to a court statement Tuesday. In May 2010, Israeli naval...
Tags: Japan, Human Rights Watch, Government, International Criminal Court, Turkey
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U.S.-Russia 'reset' thwarted by Syrian war, spy scandal
Just when it seemed that Russia was poised to collaborate with Western powers on a new peace mission for Syria, a spy scandal has erupted to revive Cold War-era mistrust and division. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, NATO, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Bashar Assad, Religion and Belief
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U.S. diplomat accused of recruiting for CIA in Russia
MOSCOW — Russian authorities detained an American diplomat accused of attempting to recruit a Russian intelligence officer into the CIA, the Federal Security Service said Tuesday. Ryan Christopher Fogle, the third secretary of the American Embassy...
Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Human Rights Watch, G8, Sports, Terrorism
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Boat capsizes off Myanmar; dozens missing and feared dead
NEW DELHI – A boat carrying approximately 100 Rohingya Muslims capsized late Monday off the coast of Myanmar with many of its occupants feared dead, UN officials said, as the region braced for a cyclone expected to slam low-lying areas inhabited...
Tags: Kaman Corporation, United Nations, Human Rights Watch, Buddhism, Bangladesh
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Bidding for coffee with Apple's Tim Cook surpasses $605,000
Tim Cook is an expensive date. Last month, the Apple chief executive teamed up with CharityBuzz.com to auction off the right to a cup of coffee with him to raise money for the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. The value of the...
Tags: Auction Service, Civil Rights, Computer Hardware, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics
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Clinton plays down politics at event in Beverly Hills
Hours after Republican members of Congress sharply questioned Hillary Rodham Clinton and the State Department's handling of the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, the former secretary of State did not explicitly mention the controversy in an...
Tags: Asia, Political Fundraising, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, China
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In Afghanistan, businesswomen must seek a delicate balance
KABUL, Afghanistan — Roya Mahboob navigates the potholes of doing business in Afghanistan like any other entrepreneur. Corruption is rife. Kidnappings are common. Bomb blasts remain an overarching reality. But as the female chief executive of a...
Tags: Rentals, Feminism, Afghanistan, Technology, Science and Technology
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Texas court backs cheerleaders' display of religious banners
Cheerleaders in a small Texas town can continue to display their Bible verse banners at football games, after a district judge ruled Wednesday that their actions did not violate the Constitution. The cheerleaders in the football-dominated town of...
Tags: Judges, Separation of Church and State, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Religion and Belief
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