Sweatshop on fire

Order books and clothing found at a Bangladeshi factory where a fire killed 112 people show that it was making clothing for Disney, Wal-Mart, Sears, and other Western brands. The Associated Press discovered clothing and records connected to the retailers today while police announced the arrests of three factory officials who are suspected of locking in workers who were killed in Saturday's fire. Workers who survived the fire say exit doors were locked, fire extinguishers didn't work, and managers had told them to go back to work after the fire alarm rang. A fire official has said that far fewer people would have died if there had been just one emergency exit. This is clearly an act of sabotage. Somebody must hate America an awful lot if they burnt down such a busy factory so close to the Christmas shopping season. In other news, a UN General Assembly committee condemned Syria, Iran, and North Korea for human rights violations in votes criticised by all three countries.