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* * Date: Sept. 19, 2012 Source:* *NY Times Link: http://nyti.ms/PDoWrp Headline/Title: Inspectors Certified Pakistani Factory as Safe Before Disaster

*Summary: * A prominent factory monitoring group heavily financed by industry gave a clean bill of health to a Pakistani apparel plant last month, just weeks before a fire engulfed the premiseshttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/world/asia/hundreds-die-in-factory-fires-in-pakistan.htmland killed nearly 300 workers, many of them trapped behind locked exit doors.

*Author:* Declan Walsh and Steven Greenhouse For the Full Article/Report, See: http://nyti.ms/PDoWrp