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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: University of California, Irvine, Politics, Bangladesh, Health and Safety at Work, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mary Sanchez: Responsibility for Asian sweatshop safety lies with us, too
Another apparel factory has collapsed in a poor Asian country, killing three workers, and I fear I'm partly to blame. The evidence of my complicity sits idle on the landing, next to a tennis racquet. Asics shoes. My adored new pair, so light, makes it...Tags: Tommy Hilfiger, Manufacturing and Engineering, Walmart, Politics, Bangladesh
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Hunger strike, Yemeni dilemma could spur Guantanamo closure plans
A 100-day-old hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists has agitated international human rights advocates anew, prompting fresh calls worldwide for closure of the detention center that President Obama vowed to shutter more than...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, European Parliament, Prisons, Politics, Dianne Feinstein
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Pro-Assad hackers attack UK newspaper FT's website, Twitter feed
ReutersLONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - The website of British newspaper the Financial Times was hacked on Friday, apparently by the "Syrian Electronic Army", a group of hackers and on-line activists who say they support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Stories on...Tags: Bashar Assad, Politics, BBC, France, Crime, Law and Justice
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Syria rebel 'heart eater' says ready to face trial if Assad does
ReutersBy Erika Solomon BEIRUT, May 17 (Reuters) - The Syrian rebel commander who rose to international notoriety for footage of him cutting out and eating the organ of a slain soldier said he was willing to face trial for his actions if President Bashar al-...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bashar Assad, Religion and Belief
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Factbox: The 2013 Eurovision Song Contest
Reuters(Reuters) - Malmo in Sweden is to host the grand final of the 58th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday. Here are some facts about song contest: * The first contest took place in 1956. It was originally conceived in Monaco by Marcel Bezencon and based on...Tags: Politics, Swiss Confederation, Music, Eurovision Song Contest (tv program), Republic of Ireland
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Hackers pro-Assad atacan web y cuenta de Twitter del diario británico Financial Times
ReutersLONDRES (Reuters) - La página web del periódico británico Financial Times fue hackeada el viernes, aparentemente por el "Ejército Electrónico Sirio", un grupo de piratas informáticos y activistas online que dicen apoyar al presidente de Siria,...Tags: Twitter, Inc., Politics, Human Rights Watch, BBC, Social Media
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93-5 'KHY Rock Report
Headlines for Friday, May 17, 2013
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME: 2013 Induction Ceremony Airs Saturday
The 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony premieres on HBO Saturday at 9pm ET. The show will be repeated several times in coming weeks....Tags: Football, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Shipbuilding, Music Industry, Steve Jobs
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China eliminating reliance on executed prisoners for organs, but cultural attitudes a barrier
Associated PressBEIJING (AP) — China is phasing out its reliance on executed prisoners for donated organs, but an architect of the country's transplant system said Friday that ingrained cultural attitudes are impeding the rise of donations among the general...Tags: Human Interest, Prisons, Politics, Dialysis, Liver Disease
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Chad seeks arrest of exiled president's allies
ReutersN'DJAMENA, May 17 (Reuters) - Chad has charged four allies of the country's former president with human rights abuses and issued warrants for their arrest, a senior government source said on Friday. The source, who asked not to be identified, said they...Tags: Politics, Senegal, International Court or Tribunal, International Law, Government
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Orthodox priests join thousands of protesters in Georgia's capital and derail gay pride rally
Associated PressTBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Thousands of anti-gay protesters, including Orthodox priests, occupied a central street in Georgia's capital Friday, with some threatening to lash with stinging nettles any participant in a gay pride parade which was to...Tags: Festive Events, Activism, Tbilisi (Georgia), Politics, European Union
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Former Argentine dictator Videla dies in prison at age 87
ReutersBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of a "dirty war" dictatorship and was unrepentant about kidnappings and murders ordered by the state, died on Friday at age 87....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Prisons, Argentina, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics
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