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It is estimated that 27 million slaves are being held worldwide, with the most common form being sexual exploitation of women and girls. What can be done about this global and complex problem? Here are three key ways that you can make a difference.
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3 compelling photo books for gifting this winter
These photo books capture the world in images that are by turns amusing and heartbreaking.
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Obama and Myanmar (Burma): 4 points about conflict there
A long-simmering ethnic conflict in Myanmar (Burma) recently broke into American newspapers: At least 89 people have been killed and more than 35,000 displaced in what is being described (not entirely accurately) as Buddhist-Muslim violence. With President Obama as the first US head of state to visit this country, there are four points to bear in mind about this detour from Myanmar’s road to a more open society:
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4 noteworthy new novels: What happens when a past love reappears?
These four new novels all feature the specter of a past relationship.
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Myanmar's about-face: 5 recent reforms
Since 1962, Myanmar's dictatorship has jailed the opposition, beat up monks, denied aid to disaster victims, and run scorched-earth campaigns against ethnic minorities. That may be changing, however. Here are five key changes the regime has made in just a matter of months.
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Burmese optimistic after historic White House visit
Burmese are celebrating an end to their long international isolation with the first state visit to the US by a Myanmar president in almost 50 years.
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In Myanmar, a movement for Muslim and Buddhist tolerance
As Myanmar's head of state visits the US, the first such trip in more than 45 years, religious and ethnic violence are being slowly addressed back home.
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Opinion: What Bangladesh – and US retailers – must do to prevent man-made tragedies
Two man-made tragedies have shaken Bangladesh recently: riots over Islamist demands for blasphemy laws and the garment factory collapse. Bangladesh's response to both will show how well it can meet citizens' needs. US retailers must also take responsibility for factory conditions.
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As cyclone bares down on Myanmar, thousands of Muslims refuse to relocate
The Myanmar government had planned to move some 38,000 internally displaced people, most of them Rohingya Muslims, who have complained of severe abuse at the hands of the Burmese Army.
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The Monitor's View: Ethical consumers and the Bangladesh building collapse
More consumers act out of empathy after tragedies like the collapse of the Bangladesh garment factory building, forcing global companies to shape up their suppliers in other lands.
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Bangladeshi survivor recovering after 17 days trapped in rubble
19-year-old Reshma Begum survived for over two weeks inside a collapsed garment factory that killed over 1,100 people.
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Global News Blog Hope rises: Woman found alive 17 days after deadly Bangladesh factory collapse
The death toll from the collapse reached 1,036 today, but the recovery of 'Reshma' is giving rescuers hope that more people may still be found alive.
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Bangladesh factory collapse death toll passes 1,000
By Friday, May 10, the death toll from the Bangladesh factory collapse had reached 1,021, and more bodies are still being found. A fire at a nearby sweater factory highlighted that safety conditions in Bangladesh factories have not been improved in the two weeks since the factory collapse.
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Bangladesh's factory woes force a rethink in Britain fashion retailers (+video)
Tragedies in Bangladesh, including a deadly fire last night in Dhaka, have given new momentum to British campaigns to improve conditions at foreign factories that supply domestic retailers.
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The New Economy When the roof caves in, what should an ethical company do?
The collapse of a garment factory in Bangladesh is forcing Western companies to rethink their operations in the South Asian nation. Ethical firms focus on the big picture.
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Beyond Bangladesh
A Christian Science perspective: What can average consumers do to protest the injustice that can lead to the kind of tragedy that took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh?
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In Bangladesh, deadly protests raise questions about strength of secular government
Thousands of hardline Islamists in Bangladesh demanded anti-blasphemy laws and more restrictions on women, clashing with security forces and leaving at least 30 people dead this week.
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Bangladesh disaster: Can US brands repair their reputations?
Global clothing brands scramble to protect their reputations after the Bangladesh disaster: Some promise to make amends, while others lie about their connection to the factory whose collapse killed over 600 people.
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Global News Blog Rioting and rubble: What's behind the turbulent times in Bangladesh?
Tens of thousands of Islamists rampaged through Bangladesh's capital today, countering even larger crowds that turned out earlier this year to oust conservative forms of Islam from Bangladeshi politics.
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Rescuers confront gruesome scene, death toll rises in Bangladesh factory collapse
With temperatures in the 90s, rescue crews working on the Bangladesh factory collapse are dealing with an increasingly gruesome scene. The official death toll is now 547, and is expected to climb.
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The Walt Disney Company pulls out of Bangladesh: Will that make workers safer?
The Walt Disney Company pulls out of five developing countries – including Bangladesh, site of a devastating building collapse of a garment factory – telling licensees of Disney-brand items of its decision to phase out production there. Critics say pulling out is not the best response.
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Bangladesh building collapse toll rises to 450
More bodies were found overnight in the collapsed garment factory in Bangladesh, raising the toll to 450. The official number of missing was still at 149, though unofficial estimates are higher.
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Global News Blog May Day protests: From Bangladesh to Europe, angry workers rally in the tens of thousands (+video)
But this year's May Day demonstrations come on the heels of the tragic Bangladesh factory collapse, a potent symbol for many of the importance of workers' rights.
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Poll shows how US Muslims are like Protestants – and how they're not
A worldwide Pew poll of Muslims charts opinions on issues from women's rights to which religion is the one true faith, and details how US Muslims fit into the American matrix.
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Bangladesh united in grief over a failed rescue from collapsed factory
Many hundreds have been rescued so far. But a fire broke out today amid the rubble of the collapsed building, ending hopes of saving a known survivor named Shahina Akhter.
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Caught at border: Bangladesh factory owner arrested
Mohammed Sohel Rana was arrested just as he was about to flee into India. So far, 377 people are confirmed to have died in the collapse of his illegally-constructed building.
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Global News Blog After Dhaka garment factory collapse, chances for supply chain changes low
A factory collapse in Bangladesh left some 300 dead, and prompted calls for improved regulations of the country's sweatshops. But veteran campaigners to improve factory conditions say pushing for change is harder than ever.
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Survivors found trapped in collapsed Bangladesh factory
Forty survivors were found trapped in room in the garment factory that collapsed yesterday in Bangladesh.
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Global News Blog Q&A: Who ultimately bears responsibility for Bangladesh factory disasters?
Low wages and lower safety standards have made Bangladesh a major garment producer - and a source of workplace deaths like the more than 200 killed in a Dhaka factory collapse this week.
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Bangladesh building collapse: Is the country's reputation among the injured?
Following the collapse of a garment factory building on Wednesday morning in Bangladesh, physicians at nearby hospitals were overwhelmed by the number of people needing attention. It appears factory owners ignored a warning not to let workers into the building when a crack was noticed on Tuesday.
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