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AP (Boston Globe) says a local journalist passed on reports that a locked gate in a stairway<br>trapped people.<br><br><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/12/15/dozens_die_in_bangladesh_t_shirt_factory_fire/" target="_blank">http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2010/12/15/dozens_die_in_bangladesh_t_shirt_factory_fire/</a><br><br> The Guardian says "The fire comes after repeated warnings about fire safety at factories<br> making clothes for western retailers."<br><br><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/14/bangladesh-clothes-factory-workers-jump-to-death" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/14/bangladesh-clothes-factory-workers-jump-to-death</a></p>
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</p> The New Zealand Herald says the factory makes clothes for The GAP and JC Penny.<br><br><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10694583" target="_blank">http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10694583</a></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> The fire happened just four months before the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">in New York City, in which 146 young garment workers died, many by leaping from the 9th floor.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> I guess I won't be shopping at the GAP in a big hurry.<br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10694583" target="_blank"><br></a></p>
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