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WRAPUP 3-European, US retailers split on Bangladesh reform plan
Reuters* H&M, Inditex sign Bangladesh reform accord * Gap wants changes in how disputes are resolved in court * Wal-Mart asks Bangladesh government to shut unsafe factory (Adds garment association, factory comments; changes dateline to DHAKA) By Ruma Paul...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Hennes & Mauritz AB, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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In Bangladesh, search for bodies from factory collapse ends
NEW DELHI, India — The Bangladesh army announced Monday it would end its search for bodies in the rubble of a garment factory complex that collapsed nearly three weeks ago in a suburb of the capital, Dhaka. Saying they believe they have found...
Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, New Delhi (India), Consumer Goods Industries, Plant Openings, Health and Safety at Work
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Deadly factory fire renews outcry in Bangladesh
NEW DELHI -- As Bangladesh struggles to improve its dismal industrial safety record after a massive building collapse last month, another garment industry disaster has raised new cries for reform. Shortly before midnight Wednesday, a fire swept...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Fires, Companies and Corporations, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Consumer Goods Industries
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Joy, disbelief as relatives embrace rescued Bangladesh factory worker
ReutersBy Serajul Quadir and Matthew Green DHAKA, May 11 (Reuters) - As hope faded of finding any more survivors of Bangladesh's factory collapse, Reshma Begum's family cherished one modest prayer: that hers would be the next body to be excavated from the...Tags: Tesco plc, Hennes & Mauritz AB, Plant Openings, Walmart, Bangladesh
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Bangladesh survivor of building collapse rescued
NEW DELHI — In a development described as miraculous, a woman trapped in rubble for 17 days emerged alive Friday from the remains of a building that pancaked just outside Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Speaking from her hospital bed, the...Tags: Television Industry, Abusive Behavior, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Plant Openings
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Bangladesh factory fire kills 8
NEW DELHI — A deadly fire at a garment factory in Bangladesh raised new cries for improvements in the country's industrial safety conditions Thursday, two weeks after a massive building collapse killed at least 950 people. The blaze that swept...
Tags: Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Consumer Goods Industries
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Bangladesh building collapse death toll tops 1,000
ReutersDHAKA, May 10 (Reuters) - The death toll from the catastrophic collapse of a Bangladesh factory building, the world's worst industrial accident since the Bhopal disaster in India in 1984, climbed above 1,000 and more bodies might still be trapped inside...Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, Bangladesh
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INSIGHT-Anger at Bangladesh factory disaster turns spotlight on MP
Reuters* Anger at lawmaker in wake of factory collapse * Locals accuse him of enabling rise of building's arrested owner * Photos seen as evidence of political pact between the pair * Controversy raises awkward questions for Western retailers By Matthew...Tags: Tesco plc, Sheikh Hasina, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Hennes & Mauritz AB, Rentals
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1345 GMT, May 09
ReutersMay 9 (Reuters) - TOP STORIES ----------- CLEVELAND - A former school bus driver accused of kidnapping three young women and raping them during a decade of captivity in his house in the U.S. state of Ohio was ordered held on $8 million bond on Thursday....Tags: David Cameron, Labor Legislation, Israel, Barack Obama, Italy
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Bangladesh fire kills eight as collapse toll hits 930
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A fire in an 11-story garment factory in Bangladesh killed eight people, including a ruling party politician and a top official in the country's powerful clothing manufacturers' trade group, as the death toll from the...
Tags: Work Rules Contract Issues, Collective Contract, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Plant Openings
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Eight killed in Bangladesh factory fire - police
ReutersDHAKA, May 9 (Reuters) - Eight people were killed when a fire swept through a garment factory in an industrial district of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, police and an industry association official said on Thursday. The fire, which broke out overnight in... -
Death toll in Bangladesh clashes rises to 20 - police
ReutersDHAKA, May 6 (Reuters) - The death toll on Monday from clashes in Bangladesh between police and hardline Islamists has risen to 20, police said, as violence spread from the capital Dhaka to other parts of the country. Of the total, 13 people died on...Tags: Bangladesh
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