Today's quick reads

Three articles selected for you today from New Internationalist magazine.

Picking up the pieces: a garment worker sorts material in a building near the site of the Rana Plaza collapse.Photo: G.M.B. Akash/Panos Pictures

Out of the ashes of Rana Plaza

495 - September, 2016
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The factory collapse in 2013 caused an international outcry – but have labour conditions improved? Thulsi Narayanasamy reports from Bangladesh.

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Rebel forces have uploaded hours of video footage on to YouTube to condemn human rights abuses in Syria and document defections.Photo: Khalil Ashawi / Reuters

Electronic battlefield

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NI 473 - The politics of language loss - June, 2014
473 - June, 2014
Positive stories this month Martin Mejia / AP Photo

Positive stories this month

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NI 450 - Time for a fair economy - March, 2012
450 - March, 2012
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