disasters
Bangladesh disaster: Who pays the real price of your clothing?
April 29, 2013The owners didn't build fire escapes. They'd locked the doors on the upper floors "to prevent theft," trapping workers in the flames.
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Another Bangladesh factory collapse: Hundreds of casualties
April 24, 2013Officials said they expected the death toll to rise.
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Texas fertilizer plant failed to heed disclosure rules
April 23, 2013The tragic April 17 explosion at the fertilizer plant in West, Texas was, in part, a product of a severe lack of accountability and oversight by its company, West Fertilizer.
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After Boston Marathon bombings, tears and questions remain
April 22, 2013The federal government charged the 19-year-old today with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill three people and wound more than 200. If convicted, Tsarnaev could face the death penalty.
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Sumi Abedin, survivor of Bangladesh factory fire, tours U.S. (with video)
April 22, 2013When fire broke out the supervisors told the female employees to return to work but smoke soon filled the factory.
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