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<title>'7p an hour sweatshop' factories spark protest</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/164028/1/</link>
<description>As Primark’s new London store opened today, anti-poverty campaigners hung out the retailer’s “dirty washing” in public with a clothes line that cited workers making its clothes for as little as 7p an hour. .</description>
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<title>Adaptation in Bangladesh</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85934</link>
<description>A useful overview of how Bangladesh has developed its reputation as world leader on adaptation to climate change. Himal South Asian</description>
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<title>7p an hour protest targets Primark</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85920</link>
<description>Primark opens its new London store next month amid claims that Britain's leading cheap fashion retailer is expanding by exploiting overseas garment workers.</description>
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<title>'It's suicidal for Bangladesh'</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85866</link>
<description>Withdrawal of Bangladesh army troops has begun in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. There is tension as the hill people also demand the removal of Bengalis from the region. Retired Brigadier General Hannan Shah discusses the situation.</description>
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<title>Footprint of Cyclone Aila</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85704</link>
<description>As new floods threaten Bangladesh this week, this eyewitness account finds villagers still struggling with the aftermath of a cyclone in May. From Poverty to Power</description>
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<title>Sweatshop protest at new UK Primark store</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163437/1/</link>
<description>The launch of Primark’s second biggest UK store in Bristol next week will be marked by a demonstration over the conditions faced by 7p-an-hour workers making its clothes.</description>
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<title>Global postcode lottery for school meals</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163416/1/</link>
<description>Despite promises by G8 leaders to prioritise food security, the World Food Programme is in trouble with its budget for 2009. Cuts in school feeding programmes highlight the contrast with school meals provided in richer countries.</description>
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<title>Bangladesh army begins 'biggest pullout' </title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85556</link>
<description>The Bangladesh government has announced the &quot;biggest withdrawal&quot; of army troops from the Chittagong Hill Tracts since a peace accord was signed over a decade ago in an attempt to bring stability to the long-troubled region.</description>
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<title>Tesco clothes 'sweatshops' attacked</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163179/1/</link>
<description>Britain’s largest retailer Tesco today comes under fire over 7p-an-hour garment workers in Bangladesh as shareholders prepare to hail the company’s record £3 billion profits at its annual meeting.</description>
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<title>Harassment of refugees in Bangladesh condemned</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85404</link>
<description>Thousands of unregistered Rohingya refugees living in a  makeshift camp in Bangladesh are being forcibly displaced from their homes, in an act of intimidation and abuse by the local authorities, says an international medical charity.</description>
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<title>Bangladesh malnourishment alert</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85123</link>
<description>Two million Bangladeshi children are affected by acute malnutrition, says a UN survey, which warned that rising food prices are forcing many households into a spiral of debt.</description>
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<title>Bangladesh goes to the polls</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84708</link>
<description>Khaleda Zia attacks Sheikh Hasina, her main rival in today's Bangladesh election, but asks her to work together for development, while Hasina calls for an end to vengeance. 
+ Cutting vote fraud in Bangladesh 
+ Guide to Bangladesh</description>
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<title>Bangladesh cyclone: one million still struggling</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84526</link>
<description>Almost one year after Cyclone Sidr ravaged southern Bangladesh, killing more than 3,000 people, over one million survivors are struggling without proper shelter and are at increased risk of disease, an international aid agency warns.</description>
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<title>Barclays Bangladesh mine withdrawal welcomed</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83931</link>
<description>Barclays Bank has sold its shares in Global Coal Management – a British company building a controversial mine in Bangladesh – and should now remove all financial involvement in the project, says a leading UK development lobby group.</description>
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<title>Bangladesh 'leather trade hell' under fire</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83805</link>
<description>The &quot;appalling and unreported&quot; human and environmental cost of the leather trade in Bangladesh is documented in a new report and film, &quot;Hell For Leather&quot;.</description>
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