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20.03.2008 One of the biggest fashion retailers in the US, Banana Republic, last night began an investigation into allegations that workers in India who make its clothes are being forced to work more than 70 hours a week for as little as 15p an hour.

26.02.2008 The World Food Programme is to hold an emergency meeting this week to discuss how to respond to "a perfect storm" of circumstances that have pushed food prices so high that the UN warns that it does not have enough money to keep global malnutrition at bay.
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19.02.2008 As Fidel Castro resigns after 50 years as president and commander in chief of Cuba, leaving power in the hands of his brother Raul, Ed Vulliamy and Andres Schipani look at the Cuban revolutionary's career of constant struggle. This article first appeared in the Observer in January 2007.
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