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PRI's The World Apr 30, 2013
by The World
President Obama vows once again to shut down the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Also, growing pressure on the garment industry to do more to ensure worker safety in Bangladesh. Plus, a Chinese policy that restricts migrants' movements and why Chinese leaders may want to change it now.
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The New Latin American Dutch Queen Máxima
The newly crowned King Willem and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands walked out of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam and were cheered on by crowds that gathered. BBC Mundo's Ignacio de los Reyes has been gauging reaction in Latin America.
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Savvy Mexican Netizens Diners Challenge Elite on Social Media
When a powerful Mexican official's daughter tried to close down a trendy Mexico City restaurant because it wouldn't give her the table she wanted, patrons whipped out their cell phones and foiled her effort to use nepotism to get what she wanted. Mexican-American filmmaker Max St. Romain shares…
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Global Supply Chain: How a Factory in Bangladesh is Contracted to Sew Your Shirt
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Robert Ross, professor of Sociology at Clark University and author of 'Slaves to Fashion: Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshop' about the ins and outs of garment manufacturing overseas.
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Bangladeshi Labor Activist Kalpona Akter Fights for Safety at Garment Factories
Kalpona Akter, executive director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity wants western clothing chains to sign garment factories fire and safety agreements in order to "end this death trap."
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Primark Offers Compensation to Dhaka Factory Victims
The British clothing retailer, Primark, has said it will compensate some of the victims and families of victims of the collapsed garment factory complex in Bangladesh. Primark said it will help people who worked for its supplier in the building.
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President Obama: Guantanamo Bay Prison Must Close
President Barack Obama has pledged a new push to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, amid a growing prisoner hunger strike there.
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PRI's The World Latest Edition Apr 30, 2013
President Obama vows once again to shut down the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Also, growing pressure on the garment industry to do more to ensure worker safety in Bangladesh. Plus, a Chinese policy that restricts migrants' movements and why Chinese leaders may want to change it now.
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Algerian Singer Lili Boniche is Honored by Daughter in CD Anthology
The late Algerian singer Lili Boniche is remembered with a new collection of his songs called "Anthologie." The World music reviewer Betto Arcos has more.
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How a World Famous Ballerina Plotted to Overthrow the Government of Panama
The British dancer Margot Fonteyn was one of the world's most renowned ballerinas. She was married to the son of a former president of Panama and, in 1959, the two took part in a coup attempt intended to overthrow the pro-American government there. It involved sanitary towels. It failed. More at...
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World in Words Podcast: An Ode to the Handwritten Note
From Hitler's "right-leaning" script to Jack Lew's "manufactured" signature, how much do people reveal about themselves in their handwriting? Author Philip Hensher says quite a bit, though not as much as handwriting experts sometimes claim. Hensher argues that digital communications deprive us of...
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China's Hukou 'Economic Apartheid'
China’s in the midst of an epic rural to urban migration, one China’s leaders hope will fuel sustained economic growth. But an archaic system of residence permits makes most migrants second-class citizens, in the city but not of it, disenfranchised and discontented.
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President Obama vows once again to shut down the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Also, growing pressure on the garment industry to do more to ensure worker safety in Bangladesh. Plus, a Chinese policy that restricts migrants' movements and why Chinese leaders may want to change it now.
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