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Workers pay high price at Bangladesh export tanneriesDhaka (AFP) Feb 18, 2011 Standing barefoot in toxic chromium effluent at a tannery in Dhaka's Hazaribag district, 23-year-old leather worker Sumon fears his job is sending him to an early grave. A decade of inhaling fumes from the chemicals used to turn Bangladeshi raw hide into soft leather for shoes to be sold in the West has given Sumon, who started working in the tannery at 13, a shallow cough and stabbing chest pains. "I don't like the work but I have no choice, I need the money," Sumon, who uses only one name, tol ... read more |
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  Somali pirates heading to Asia: US A US military commander warned Thursday that Somali pirates were skirting pressure by moving deeper into Asian waters and said the only solution was to restore stability in the African nation. ... more | .. |
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