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Bangladesh garment workers protest low pay, 4,000+ face charges

Dhaka - Ever wonder how Wal-Mart could offer up all that incredibly affordable clothing? They purchase clothing made in garment factories in Bangladesh, where the average employee earns $0.25 an hour.

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Workers Die at Factories Used by Hilfiger

More than a year after 29 people were trapped in a fire at a garment factory in Bangladesh used by well-known American clothing brands, an ABC News investigation found the retailers right back in business at the factory. And labor groups say dangerous conditions such as locked gates and shoddy wiring persist in a country where nearly 500 workers have died in garment factory fires over the past five years.

Cambodia faces rising wage demand

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Bangladesh ferry disaster death toll rises to 112

Recovery workers raised the wreckage of a ferry that capsized on a river in Bangladesh while carrying about 200 people, hoping the efforts would reveal the fate of dozens of passengers still missing as the death toll rose to 112.

'Enforced disappearances' haunt Bangladesh

Spate of disappearances causes alarm in Bangladesh

VIDEO: Somali handcrafted clothes in decline

Young Somalis are shunning traditional garments for more fashionable, imported clothes.