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Saturday, June 29, 2013

U.S. suspends trade benefits for Bangladesh over safety

By Doug Palme-WASHINGTON | Fri Jun 28, 2013

ReutersPeople rescue garment workers trapped under rubble at the Rana Plaza building after it collapsed, in Savar, 30 km (19 miles) outside Dhaka in this April 24, 2013 file photo.-Credit: Reuters/Andrew Biraj/Files

People rescue garment workers trapped under rubble at the Rana Plaza building after it collapsed, in Savar, 30 km (19 miles) outside Dhaka in this April 24, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj/Files(Reuters) - President Barack Obama 
cut off long-time U.S. trade benefits for Bangladesh on Thursday in a mostly symbolic response to conditions in the country's garment industry that have cost more than 1,200 lives in the past year.

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