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;■ '( r L ■V WORLD & NATION APRIL 25, 2014 ec X z z lu a X u £ 3 ce >• >- ta CO M U ' U1 — I* Horlivka, Ukraine Acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov announced on April 22 that anti-terrorism operations would resume following the discovery of two men who had been “tortured to death,” according to the BBC. One of the bodies was reportedly that ofVladimir Rybak, a local politician.The two men were found in die Donetsk region of Ukraine, near the city of Sloviansk, which is occupied by pro- Russian rebels.“The terrorists who effectively took the whole Donetsk region hostage have now gone too far,” said Turchynov. U.S.Vice President Joe Biden is currently visiting Ukraine to support the embattled government. *« • • • • •• • ••• ## # ••• •• »••• •• • ••• #«• ••• »••••«•••••••••••• • ••••• ••••••••• ••••••••••••• ••• • •• • •• •• •• ♦ • • V ••«•••• ar- • #♦♦♦ «*#• • ••••• • ••• • • ♦ San Jose, California, U.S.A. According to CNN, a 16-year- old boy breached airport security on April 21, snuck into the wheel well of a Boeing 767 and survived a five-hour ' flight from San Jose, California, to Maui, Hawaii. He was carrying nothing but a comb. Although it is unlikely that the boy will face criminal charges for his actions, many have raised concerns about the possibility of more dangerous airport security breaches.”! have long been concerned about security at our airport perimeters,” California Rep. Eric Swalwell tweeted.“#Stowaway teen demonstrates vulnerabilities that need to be addressed.” • • * . • •• • •• 0 •»••««••• •• •##•««• #•# •••••••• ♦ ■ # • ••• «•••• - •• • • • •• !•••••••••## r« ••••♦#••••«# 9000000000m0* 9000000000000 90000000000000 9000000000000 00000000000000000000 00000000000000000000 000000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000000000 00000000000000000000 00 00 000 000 000 00 ^000000000000000% 0000 000000000000 90000000000000000 0000000000000000 000000000000 000000000 0000 00 0000 000 000 000 00000000000 000 0 0 00000000 0000 000000A 000000000000 00000000000 00000000000000 0000000000000 90000 00000000000% 00000000 00000000 900 0000000000000000 0000000000000000% 0000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000 00000000 9000 000000000000000% 000000000000000% 0 0000000000% 0000000% 0000000^00000 000000^%0000 00000000000000 00000000 00000000 0000 0000 000 000 000 • •• 000 0 0 • • 00000 0 0 000 0 0000 000 00 0 00 000 0 0 00 00 000 000 00 0000000 0000000 00000 0 0000 000 0000 ■ 00 » • 9 00 0000000 0000000 0000000 000000 00000 0000 Sana% Yemen The largest series of drone strikes in Yemen this year occurred over Easter weekend, according to The New York Times.The Yemeni Interior Ministry claims that 55 militants were killed, while a senior official puts the body count closer to 40.Three civilians were also killed during the attacks, which were supplemented by a raid from Yemeni counterterrorism forces. Targeted areas include an al Qaeda training camp, vehicles spotted by authorities and other militant bases across the three southern provinces. Jindo, South Korea One hundred and fifty-nine is the confirmed death toll associated with the sunten South Korean ferry, the BBC reports.As of April 22, at least 143 victims are still missing.Teams of rescue divers are using the help of an underwater robot to search for bodies ‘Supposedly trapped inside the vessel. While it is yet to be confirmed why the ferry tipped over and sank, five crew members — the captain included — have been charged for violation of maritime law, negligence of duty and other related charges, Fox News reports. USAS hosts community forum on worldly conditions BY VALERIA SOSA Staff Writer "My name is Aklima. Fm 20 years old. Fve been working in the garment industry since I was 14." On April 17, at the Genesis Baptist Church in Greensboro, Aklima Khanam, survivor of the Rana Plaza collapse in 2013, headlined the community forum on worker safety in Bangladesh. Also present was Aleya Akter, general secretary of the Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation. "Fve been working in the garment industry since 1994, when I was about 10 years old," said Akter. "The management was very physically abusive. They would slap us. They would pull our hair and kick us off of our stools." Students from Guilford College, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Barnett College, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Elon University, as well as community members, attended the forum organized by the United Students Against Sweatshops. The forum explored the unsafe working conditions in Bangladeshi factories. At Rana Plaza, Khanam had to work 120 hours a week, with no days off, for about 120 U.S. dollars a month. "Big companies don't just find cheap labor; they make it," said Altha Cravey, associate professor of geography at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who has published multiple writings on working conditions in the garment industry. "They push workers to be cheap." Unfair working conditions are not limited to Bangladesh, "We have to start connecting these issues," said Reverend Bradley Hunt, youth minister of New Light Missionary Baptist Church. "We shouldn't look at this as just an issue in Bangladesh but also as one in Greensboro, Chicago and everywhere else. "People are suffering in this world." Travis Railsback, a Greensboro Wendy's worker, has held his job for the past three years and could relate to the accounts of unsafe working conditions. "We filter fryer oil that is 350 degrees and shoots out of spigots," said Railsback. "I had to filter the fryers with gloves full of holes. We still don't have any goggles to protect our eyes. "Believe me, if you get blinded, the corporation isn't going to pay for your medical bills." At Rana Plaza, however, working conditions were only one issue of concern. "The roof collapsed onto the machine right near me," said The machine fell on me, and I was crushed. Right beside me, a fallen beam killed one of my coworkers. Trapped neeir me were four or five others. "They didn't find us for 12 hours." Corporations like VF, which is based in Greensboro, leave factories once tragedies like these occur. Currently, Wal-Mart, Gap, VF and others are not required to pay any compensation to the workers under the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety. "It's just crazy that this is happening right under our noses," said Brent Eisenbarth, Early College senior. "How could humans do this to other humans?" Workers in Bangladesh have fought to change the situation. In 2006, Akter decided to form a workers' union. She was met with hostility from her employers. "The management attacked my coworkers and union officials, and they hit me in the chest and knocked me to the ground," said Akter. "They pulled me into another room, physically abused me and tore off all my clothing. They took out a knife and said they were going to cut me." Unlike the Alliance, the Bangladesh Safety Accord forces signees to take responsibility for the factories that they outsource to. One hundred and fifty-one companies have signed the Accord, and half of Bangladeshi factories are now covered. VF is not one of them. "Just like you work for VF here, we work for VF there," said Akter. "We want the people of Greensboro — university students, people who are buying the clothing — to tell VF to sign the Accord. We expect you stand with us. We can't do it alone. We need your help. "So I want to know: are you going to stand with us in this struggle?"
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