it's made in bangladesh.entire country is sweat. >> so that's one of the things we wanted to look at. so in bangladesh there is something to what you say. basically -- >> stephen: generally. >> -- because bangladesh is a incredibly poor country. we interviewed a person, the ceo of a garment manufacturing company. he says our government tpo *lg follows poverty. it goes to the poorest country in the world of hraeub tore make the shirts. >> stephen: it's not a sweatshop. what is your standard for sweatshops. >> when you have a country like bangladesh where you have millions in abject poverty. you have a big corporation, they can be exploited. on the other side there are millions of people living in poverty and the garment industry is small but a significant step above -- >> stephen: by exporting our garment work to bangladesh are we helping these people or taking advantage of the people? >> it's a really fine line. sometimes we're taking advantage of them. sometimes we're helping them. the people in bangladesh,

in bangladesh everyone wants a shot at making it in the ga rment industry.i'm headed to a small factory that does finishing of garments. they're supposed to be finishing garments for walmart. i'm posing as a buyer to get in there. for those who can't open large factories, there's always business in sub-contracting, even if it means putting the finishing touches on garments before they're shipped out. >> do you make anything that ends up in walmart? >> yes >> you've made products that go to walmart? >> were you an authorized walmart subcontractor? >> so is this very common? that a lot of factories subcontract for big labels like walmart without authorization? >> sabina? you're 14? so you started working when you were 13 years old? >> so what's the average age of your workers? >> but we just spoke to a girl who said she's 14. >> walmart told us they don't tolerate child labor in their supply chain - and they're investigating whether this finishing center did any work on walmart products. once we found one finishing house, it wasn't hard to find others. >> what

in the last three weeks we had violence across bangladesh. maybe the capital city was calmer than the rest of the division. part of the reason is the pollittizizing of the jamal islamic. all this comes in the backdrop of when the united nation assist trying to broker a negotiation between the opposition and the ruling party >> you'll have to explain more about what jamal-e-ilami - what the party is and why the death sentence imposed on mollah is having such a backlash in bangladesh. >> jamal islami has been there since 1947 onwards. they have taken part with collaboration with pakistan when we had a civil war here. a lot of members were involved in peace committee and auxiliary police. many of them were members involved in killing bangladeshis and freedom fighters. many were accused, many couldn't be convicted. after 40 years the government decided this needs to be put to an end as part of an election manifesto. the war crimes tribunal was formed. if you ask everywhere, everyone wants a due process and those who are found guilty to be sentenc

on april 24, 2013, an apparel factory collapsed near the capital of bangladesh. over 1,000 workers were killed and 2,500 injured. it is considered one of the deadliest garment factory accidents in history. >> and they had decided the day before, april 23, this is unsafe, we're leaving. they left the facility. and the owner said, "you've got to come back." this was forced labor -- "go back in," and with assurances that it had been inspected, that things were fine. and then, of course, it -- it collapsed. >> reverend david schilling is a united methodist minister and the program director for the interfaith center on corporate responsibility or iccr. >> we have about 300 institutions that are part of us, mostly faith-based, but also socially responsible investors, public pension funds and so forth. >> iccr uses that leverage to influence corporations on labor and human rights standards, corporations that may not even know that those standards are being violated, since they often outsource their work. >> bangladesh is a good example. you have so many brands and retai

celebrations in bangladesh in the streets after the execution of a senior opposition leader.gunfire] african union troops move in to prevent revenge killing in the central african republic and south africa will pay respects to nelson mandela as his body lies in state for the final time. the top of north korea's ruling family ended in the execution of one of the most powerful figures and this week he was publically humiliated at a meeting and now he is dead guilty of trying to take power from his nephew and we are in beijing and there is nervous reaction to the news and are neighbors worried there is kind of an instability now? >> well, that is right, all of north korea's neighbors are trying to work at just where this leaves them and where it leaves their relationship with north korea. china sees an internal match up for the people to deal with japan and on the other hand says said this may be a domestic issue but it's one that it's certainly interested in given the possibility instability that may stem from this in the region and trying to figure out if this points to a bigg

there's no other way. >> cheep bangladesh labour lowers the cost of leather goods sold.here's a price paid in human misery in a far-off place. >> the international diabetes federation is predicting a rise in the number of people with a disease. right now there are about 382 million people with diabetes. by 2035 the number is said to rise to 592 million. the largest number of sufferers on china, 98 million live with diabetes. 65 million have diabetes in india. in the u.s. 24 million people have the condition. one place where the government is trying to do more to beat diabetes is sri lanka. we have this report. >> this looks like any 15-year-old. diabetes has changed her life. after being diagnosed at 11, she has to check her blood and take injections to control her sugar levels. >> translation: i get bad headaches, break into a sweat and feel lifeless. going to school is difficult sometimes. i missed the last term test because my sugar levels dropped. >> she is one of a million diabetes sufferers. this is absorbed from the blood. this process doesn't happen effectively.

it's not just bangladesh there are other countries.t is a good point one reason we close bang wil bangladesh iss typical to what is happening in pakistan and india and ca cambodia. it's not unique to ban banglade. >> coming up next here getting schooled. weigheweighing the students ande who is not making the grade. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. >> now a snapshot of stories making headlines on america tonight of the. >> the investigation of the fatal new york train derailment is centering on the engineer. the officials say william rockefeller caught himself nodding off before the derailment. the train was moving 50 miles-per-hour over the speeding limit. four people died. >> startling investigation over the death of yasser air arafat. french scientists contradict that arafat was poisoned by polonium. >> four students are sick with men gat meningitis. and one student is disabled as a result. >> salt ar resultresult

i bought and set erupted across bangladesh off to the hanging open. opposition leader convicted of war crimes including the killing of eleven members of the family and providing pakistani troops with intelligence during the bloody nineteen seventy one war of independence from pakistan bangladesh execute its business. opposition leader abdel huddle milan on thursday off to celtic scenes at the supreme court in dhaka with judges rejected a last minute appeals from all of his death sentence to be rescinded. paula was one of five businesses and other politicians sentenced to death by a much criticized war tribunals which the opposition says is aimed at eradicating eats he does the climate of fiscal instability in bangladesh is still blamed on a nineteen seventy one war or its immediate often lost over three million people are believed to have died in the conflict. wilson's from stones so no additional thousands are typically does in the dock opportunity to crush the movement for an independent and sent to bangladesh. denmark is currently the scene of a fr

. >> people are celebrating in bangladesh. bits independence day. the bitter war of 40 years ago is still causing voyages. a tribute to nelson mandela is being unveiled on the national day of being is consolidation. >>> coming up in support. >> people across india are marking the first anniversary of a gang rape and killing of a 23-year-old woman in new delhi. changes to the law to better protect women. but rights groups say much more needs to be done. liliby duff reports. >> their daughter was raiched and beaten -- raped and beaten. the woman died of her injuries two weeks later. one of the accused committed suicide and the other five have been found guilty of her rape and murder. but time has done little to ease this family's pain. >> translator: a new law was made in this country, a lot has changed. but if there's one thing that hasn't changed it's our society. it's very important to change that. this change will happen only from within, and nowhere else. >> reporter: the huge protest that blocked the streets of the indian capital last year has b

islamist opposition leader has been executed in bangladesh. he was hanged for war crimes committed in 1971. it is likely to spark more tension in a country just ahead of elections there. executed in a dramatic week. you want a repeat on tuesday hours before he was to be sent it to the gallows. the supreme court then rejected his application for a review of his death sentence. >> he had filed for review and that has been dismissed by the honorable court. >> he was the assistant secretary-general of the islamic party. he is the first person to be hanged for war crimes in bangladesh. he was found guilty of atrocities committed during the nation's war of independence in 1971. for amily visited him final meeting. at that point, they believed he had some days before a final judgment. however, he was executed shortly afterwards. ambulances took his body away. hundreds of people gathered to celebrate news of his execution, while bangladesh's war crimes has critics who say it weakeng this as a way to the government ahead of elections next month. a prot

in the al qaeda and she had this were to prevail in the bangladesh or india bangladesh. as minister i have enormous admiration for the people there there is ample a garment industry is doing source the twenty one billion dollars of many jobs is that create harmony in ten races that give a future to come any better lives to say is that create sorts. uh we don't want to see people take office in them the doctor that are too quick to say when the car and be . we don't want women working in the gentry lee eighty percent of the people working in the in the car would ensure women. i've seen them six six million people work in the industry. so with the show became the economy is extremely important the bnp does not combine has no plans to take part in the january elections but unless it's trying to sabotage the elections but painting on its last two strikes. this is you can see now what to think of the kids said that the bnp which can be but just as the pakistani forces had done in nineteen seventy one the decision not to protest. the icicle exposes it to the fact i did not dem

. >> i'm rob reynolds in bangladesh of the appalling conditions in this country's cannerys. >> i'm withport including. >> they were some of the best young players they have ever seen and now they celebrate their success. ♪ the prime minister told the country she will do anything to stop the violence but cannot accept the demands of protesters and she was speaking after another day of violence in bangkok where people are trying to force her out of office and unhappy when she tried to introduce an amnesty law and brother and former brother return to the country. these are live pictures from bangkok where there has been violence between police and protesters already, people are on the streets but the rallies has not gained momentum in the past few days and there is an olive branch and she says she is open to talks. >> translator: i insist on opening every avenue to find the solution and i'm open for negotiations. police officers will not use violence but it's necessary for us to protect the government buildings because all the government buildings are used to serve 60 million ties. >> repo

also ahead in this half hour - opposition groups in bangladesh call for a strike on sunday after the execution of a senior leader. >> chemical weapons in the war in syria. u.n. inspectors believe they've been used at least five times. >> kiev says it will sign a trade deal with the e.u., but protesters are not convinced. >> south korea expressed concern over the execution of the uncle of north korea's leader kim jong un. jang song-thaek was the second-most powerful figure. north korea's official newsagency said he was put on trial for treason, and found guilty of trying to overthrow the state and take power for himself. our correspondent joins me live. what has been the reaction to this in the region? >> north korea's neighbours are reeling from the shock of the announcement, trying to figure out what it means to them and their relationship with north korea. and trying to discern about what it says about a wider struggle. the striking thing for everybody watching north korea is the openness and the speed with which all of this unfolded - the ousting of this man, and his dispatch, if

. >> i'm rob reynolds in bangladesh. with a report on the tannery industry in this country. >> must learn from their mistakes, details later with folly. do stay with us. tÑ >> this isn't a new channel, this is a watershed moment in media for america. >> this entire region is utterly devastated. >> people our here are struggling. >> the fire jumped the highway we took earlier. >> your average viewer want's to actually understand how the health care law is going to help them or hurt them. >> they know they can get extremist bickering somewhere else. >> people say that we're revolutionary. our revolution is just going back to doing the best in journalism. >> this is the place to go watch high quality journalism, period. >> evey sunday night, join us for exclusive, revealing, and suprizing talks with the most interesting people of our time. this sunday, >> i spent my whole life thinking about themes and thinking about how to structure movies, so this is highly unusual. >> the director of the sixth sense, says there are five

. >>> and life as a work in bangladesh.e'll have an investigation into the appalling conditions of the nation's leather goods. >> hello, the thai prime minister has gone on national television in a desperate bid to end days of protests. the violence appears to be worsening. two protesters were shot in confrontation with police and now they have started using rubber bullets against protesters. the latest from bangkok. >> reporter: a battle for control of thailand is being waged on two fronts. this time the rubbish truck was used to break through the concrete barriers elected by the police. it and it's occupants were forced into a quick retreat. it seems some people on the streets are willing to go to extremes to achieve their goal. they want the government and the prime minister gone. the prime minister spoke to the media the day after speaking with the protest leader. she said she's willing to do anything to end the crisis. but the idea of an unelected council running the country is unconstitutional. >> after we met him we

we are on the scene in bangladesh and have this report on the days events. >> bangladesh is on the edges islamic protesters are on the streets of the capital. the police retaliate with massive force. wildly firing handguns and rubber pellets as they try to regain control. the islamicists came and they have sticks and petroleum, they pulled me out of my car and they burned it. this is my car. cannons were used to put out the fires. but the demonstrators have already disappeared. -- ests like this >> it is just after friday prayers and the kind of trouble that they feared has begun. two cars were set on fire here. the police are trying to put them out. extra riot police have been theght in now, and there is sense that this could spread across the city. are already spread out past the capital and deaths and injuries have been reported. the violence was sparked by the mullah,n of abdul kader executed for atrocities committed during the revolution. islamists are calling for a strike during the weekend. there are increasing doubts that the elections next month will be on time. >> the world is

this execution complicates an already critical political situation in bangladesh. the opposition alliance is boycotting the elections due to help -- due to be held next month. for tonight, at least for some people, there is a sense that justice has finally been done. >> tension in bangladesh. .eporting for us you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, should you be able to talk on your cell phone during flights? washington is weighing in. russia's president putin has cast his country as a bastion of traditional values in his annual state of the nation speech. bridget kendall reports for us. always a grand occasion, the president of russia's vision of the year ahead. an occasion to glean where mr. putin thinks he is taking russia. on ukraine, he insisted he put no pressure on president? to back out -- on the president to back out of a eu trade deal in favor of closer ties with russia. the last-minute u-turn that led to massive protests in gf -- kiev. the latest news is the president may be changing his mind again. vistaprint and said there was no riva

this execution complicates an already critical political situation in bangladesh. the opposition alliance is boycotting the elections due to help -- due to be held next month. for tonight, at least for some people, there is a sense that justice has finally been done. >> tension in bangladesh. .eporting for us you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come, should you be able to talk on your cell phone during flights? washington is weighing in. russia's president putin has cast his country as a bastion of traditional values in his annual state of the nation speech. bridget kendall reports for us. always a grand occasion, the president of russia's vision of the year ahead. an occasion to glean where mr. putin thinks he is taking russia. on ukraine, he insisted he put no pressure on president? to back out -- on the president to back out of a eu trade deal in favor of closer ties with russia. the last-minute u-turn that led to massive protests in gf -- kiev. the latest news is the president may be changing his mind again. vistaprint and said there was no riva

the government in bangladesh gave itself sweeping powers to regulate people's online activity. it will choke the press and limit spirit of speech. >> supreme court lawyer is arriving at court. this time he is not coming to try a case. instead, he is here to fight for his freedom. one of the most prominent human right activists is the first to be tried. his defense it is to release a report. the report said 61 protesters were killed. others say the charges are split igly motivated and the government set up a tribunal to suppress criticism. >> activists and citizens or political activists who are distance voices in the city of the regime will be punished under the oppress if law. the government says it's not the case and will protect it from the attacks. if anything. will it be inciting, anything - bad comments from social media. so that it's not harmful for the society. >> until the late "90s, if you wanted to watch more than one channel you had to buy one of these. phone operators are unrolling 3 g service, but it left the government struggling to cope with rapid advance of tec

charles: take bangladesh for instance.t came out of left field, the second largest garment industry in the world, december 1st day of the race for the minimum monthly salary, doesn't sound like a lot. we are talking women whose mothers, great grandmothers parrot never had a nickel or a penny. it is sort of a beginning towards something that could be amazing for them years down the road. >> colleagues in the church of mine who lives in the same house i do just got back from bangladesh two weeks ago by the garment industry factories and said yes, it is getting a little better but that is pressure put on the outside, not just at home. the market will give the mores of a sudden. if you have -- you are the only provider of a living wage, you are the only one, you can decide how much you are going to give to them. liz: i wrote a column what the pope said. >> the best column on what the pope said that i have seen. liz: what i am wondering about is the pope had a front row seat to crony capitalism. that is what is at issue. what c

pakistani, bangladesh food.hat just the way it worked out? >> yeah, you know how it goes. one guy showed up. filipino fast food just behind us, and a bunch of riffraff. >> filipinos are proud of their food. underrepresented. >> they're going through what we went through, where the glass hasn't been broken yet, to translate it, but keep the core and soul of it, but it tastes delicious. >>> a few blocks over, the iconic filipino fast food chain jollibee. laugh all you want but ask any filipino they love the drive through for this speciality spam thing. but it's the desserts that get crazy. >> decisions, decisions. we'll take one aloha burger, and one spam little big bite. let's do a halo-halo. that's it. >> oh, look at that. what is that? >> that's halo-halo. >> oh, yeah. dig deep and you hit delicious stratas of red beans, white beans and chickpeas, cubes of red and green jell-o, coconut, shaved ice, and is that flan? it makes no goddamned sense at all. i love it. >> a part of every filipino's life. >> i have to

. >> a courting bangladesh cleared the way for the execution of opposition leader. the supreme court has reject's his appeal against the death penalty. he was due to be hanged on tuesday for war crimes but given a last minute reprieve. while people were celebrating inside the courtroom, violent protests on the streets occurred. >> he has failed for a review petition under article 105 and that has been dismissed by the honorable appellate court of the bangladesh supreme court, and now the execution can be proceeded as per rules. >> we are surprised by this judgment, and we believe that justice has been denied to our client. he has been sentenced to death on the basis of a single witness who has said different things in different places. we don't know what it is in the body of the judgment. we'll be able to know it after the full judgment is signed, but what the government is wanting to do, they should do something which is not dissension of the law and they should follow the rules. >> the government accuses him of organizedding a series of killings as bangladesh faul

it has been eight months since the plaza factory collapsed in bangladesh killing 1000 people. it produced clothing for several major western brands. >> global retailers have agreed to contribute to a compensation fund for the victims. >> more than 1100 people died in the outskirts when a factory building collapsed in april. the illegally constructed eight story run failed to meet safety standards. now primark, the spanish retailer and other chains have agreed to set up a fund to compensate victims and their families. it is still unclear if all 29 retailers will participate in the fund and how much they will contribute. bangladesh is the world's second-biggest garment producing country after china. 4 million people work in this sector. mostly women. >> every year, a football ambassador is nominated by the german football organization, tortorella, and other -- deutsche welle, and other organizations. >> she is currently coaching in a country where women's soccer is relatively new. >> she is a tireless promoter of women's football. she is the head coach of the national team, a jo

one of the most prominent human rights activistists in bangladesh is the first person to be tried inhe tribunal. that there is a crackdown on protests. the report said 61 protestors were killed. the government claims he created false information inflating the numbers. the government has set up a fry bunnal. >> human rights activists and any other citizen or political activists have dissenting voices against the atrocities of the regime. they will be punished under that this oppressive law. >> the government said that's not the case and it is simply trying to protect from on line attacks. >> anything inciting, bad comments in social media, the government will block it so that it is not harmful for society. >> until the late 1990's in bangladesh, if you wanted to watch more than one television channel, you had to buy one of these. today, 3g services will be unrolled. it has left the government struggling to keep up with technology. >> scenes like these have been blamed on false information spread on facebook, inciting riots by provoking religious sentiments. critics fear the law goes t

rob reynolds, al jazeera doca. >> joining us from the bangladesh doca is phillip and director of the and human development and thank you for talking to us. terrible conditions outside the tannery and tell us about the health hazards for people who live around these areas are facing. >> the tannery is the most polluted in the industry and we have before that it's the most polluted industry in the world and i mean the people who work at the tannery are factory workers and people who live in the tannery areas are exports to syria and have conditions in that area. i mean in the tannery industry there are chemicals used in the factories and one of them, the main one is the chromium that is used and the people who work there up to 12000 at any given time in the peak season are exposed to the health and hazards and the people -- this was in 1997 and then we found that the diseases that are in the tannery industry is very high while the morbid rate is 150 people in the tanning industry is more than 800 out of 1,000 people and the kind of. >> incredible figures. what are some of the regulatio

they'll be elected before a single vote is cast. >> 2013 has been a rough year for bangladesh. if a stalemate over the election is not solved, 2013 could be worse. >> more than a million jobless americans will stop receiving state benefits after a government program expires. a third of them have been out of a job for six months. some of them are doing what they can to make ends meet. >> the u.s. economy is adding jobs, but is well short of a total before the bottom fell out of the labour market. the hardest hit are long-term unemployed. an estimated 4.9 million will exhaust benefits during 2013, unless conbres acts to renew the program. they are being cut off now. >> i will not be able to pay for utilities. i have to pay the mortgage on 1 january. i'll have less than $200 in the bank. >> president obama appealed for the benefits to be restored. >> unemployment insurance is a life line that can make the difference between temporary haedship. >> people think we need two years of unemployment insurance, they should come forward and say we want to raise the taxes of employees and b

bangladesh's highest court approves the death sentence handed to an opposition leader found guilty of war crimes. >> treating the wounded in central african republic tends become trial dating theatres as hospitals fail to cope. >> i'm peter greste live in a stadium, the focus of celebrations marking half a century of independence. >> and not waiting for aid. fishermen in the philippines use wreckage from typhoon haiyan to build a new life. >>> a top story - bangladesh's supreme court rejected an opposition leader's appeal against a death sentence. abdul quader mollah was due to be executed tuesday. he was given a reprieve hours before he was put to death. this is how the prosecutor made the announcement. >> the defense counsel for the accused abdul quader mollah has filed for the review position under article 105, and that has been dismissed by the honourable appellate court of bangladesh supreme court. now the execution can be proceeded. >> let's find out who he is. abdul quader mollah is the assistant secretary general. the government accuses him of being behind a series of killings

bangladesh's opposition leader has been executed. he was hanged hours after the supreme court rejected his appeal against the death sentence. and these are protests out of egypt, where students continue to take to the streets to demand the return of the president, meanwhile many breaking news we are getting reports that a car bomb exploded. the entrance of the police forces camp in the northeast, at least 35 haven't been injured we will be speaking to our reporter in in a few minutes. at least 50 students have been detained this week. demonstrators accuse police of using violent tactics. reports from cairo. >> these are busy days. he is a student union leader in egypt's oldest seat of learning. instead of preparing for exams he says he is fighting against a crack down for the state. >> we are not going to step ever in until we reach our aim for freedom, and justice, and to bring those criminals to justice. and release all innocent people. >> there have been anti-loop protests. ironically since a law demonstrating took into effect, mo

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two bank to bangladesh now for the bangladeshi supreme quarters cleared the way for the execution of an opposition leader convicted of war crimes. the court rejected an appeal by could be a marvelous. that was to prove his death sentence the rejected that on thursday. his execution had been on hold since he was better than last year. so the lawyers could watch them there was no immediate word on when the execution will be carried out. paulo was convicted of war crimes committed during the nation's war of independence against pakistan in two in nineteen seventy one while a party at ally of the main opposition bangladesh nationalist party has warned of dire consequences if mallorca is executed. note note to moscow without corresponding daria bondage of she'd been following the state of the nation address that was just a completed by russian president biden included are daria he covered a lot of ground may have can you give are some highlights of what the russian president said during his state of the nation address. this woman major part of his address was of course highly dedicated to

especially a bargain a nice pair of jeans or a love for cheap clothing killing people in india and bangladesh and their barrack the banks are already hard at work creating the next wall street bubble and that ideally take i'll tell you why that mobile is even more dangerous than the one that burst in two thousand and eight. you need to know this as the low wage worker movement continues to grow it's becoming obvious that many americans don't understand anything about basic economics have discovered this from personal experience that i wrote an article for alternate arguing that any company that refuses to pay its workers a living wage should get the corporate death penalty and if you can't do business in this country in a reasonable way don't do business. right almost as soon as the article went online the economically ignorant took to the message boards to bash it in how couple of comments really stood out as representative of just how misinformed tragically misinformed i'm not a true it is to malice this is just like people don't know about economics for example there was a comment by terry

a large factory in bangladesh collapse killing over 1000 workers. diplomatic and trade pressure was applied to bangladesh to improve conditions for workers to prevent recurrence is of this. industries who outsource manufacturing of apparel to factories in bangladesh have been asked to take more seriously the code of conduct. administration has taken a tougher stance because organized labor has been pressing for this type of, these types of demands to be made on bangladesh. factories were able, were brought along to come up fully to the expectation with labor safety, it would not bring any jobs back to the united states. from tom is on the line colorado. thank you for waiting. caller: good morning. thest had one comment about federal reserve. i am not against the federal reserve. i am concerned about how monetary policy is used to be a de facto taxation when they drop interest rates and take money from people who are on fixed income and redistribute that two people who are trying to get out from under their homes. that is not under the purview of the

especially a bargain a nice pair of jeans or a love for cheap clothing killing people in india and bangladesh and their barrack the banks tears are already hard at work creating the next wall street bubble and then ideally take i'll tell you why that mobile is even more dangerous than the one that burst in two thousand and eight. you need to know this as the low wage worker movement continues to grow it's becoming obvious that many americans don't understand anything about basic economics have discovered this from personal experience that i wrote an article for alternate arguing that any company that refuses to pay its workers a living wage should get the corporate death penalty and if you can't do business in this country in a reasonable way don't do business. right almost as soon as the article went online the economically ignorant took to the message boards to bash it in how couple of comments really stood out as representative of just how misinformed tragically misinformed i'm not a true it is to malice this is just like people don't know about economics for example there was a comment by

chargein bangladesh at the owners of the garment factory for the death of workers and a fire there last year. guards,ers, security and others were also charged. all of them could face up to life in prison. lacked fire exits, leaving workers trapped. managers and security guards have been accused of instructing workers to get back to work after the fire started. a new report has found the obama administration has a history of flagrant violations at factories, including blocked exits. according to the new york times, the obama administration buys military items from countries with harsh conditions, including bangladesh and haiti. a colorado teenager shot by a classmate at a high school earlier this month has died. claire davis, who was 17 years old, had been in critical condition when she was shot by karl pierson, a fellow student who then shot himself to death. authorities believe he randomly targeted davis while seeking a librarian. illinois,in chicago, three people were killed and 15 wounded in a series of shootings this weekend, including one that killed an 18-year-old. those are some