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	Article 1
		Barbie dolls are manufactured in factories in China, Thailand, and Indonesia, where working conditions are radically different from what Americans are used to.
		Just arrived in Bangkok, I see banners that say, "We are not slave labour!" (They were intended to say "slave labour," but the message gets through anyway.) The banners are carried by women and children who work in the Dynamics factory just outside of Bangkok.
		Nor does she know that more than a billion pairs of shoes have been made for Barbie, many of them here in Bangkok, or that Barbie has 35 dogs, 10 horses scores of cats, a panda, a chimpanzee, lion clubs, a giraffe, and a zebra.
	www.unc.edu /~peinaudi/sb.html (3106 words)

	IHS Child Slave Labor :: Child Slave Labor in Barbie Sweatshops
		The Barbie Doll is so popular among young children, girls especially, because not only is she beautiful, trendy, and perfect, but she is also considered to be magical because Barbie can do anything and everything.
		At the Barbie factory in Bangkok the workers are required to work 12 hours every day, and are paid only five dollars per day.
		While in Bangkok, Foek was also able to visit young women who had worked in the factories, but had since then been subjected to hospitals.
	ihscslnews.org /view_article.php?id=38 (1527 words)

	Barbie5
		yanks Barbie's limbs, pours sand on her, burns her hair and bakes her in simulated sunlight." All of this to insure that Barbie will "withstand the strong arms and teeth of 5 year olds" and will live up to her 25-year life expectancy.
		Barbie dolls have never been made in the U.S.A. The first Barbie doll was produced in Japan in 1959.
		A typical Barbie requires 15 separate paint stations." Because of the multitude of detailed tasks involved in the production of Barbie, labor costs must be kept to a minimum.
	www.lclark.edu /~soan221/97/Barbie5.html (1600 words)

	Barbie, barbie bell, barbie birthday cake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Barbie Barbie IGN is the ultimate Barbie Explorer resource for trailers, screenshots, cheats, walkthroughs, release dates, previews, reviews, soundtracks and news.
		Barbie BARBIE and associated trademarks are owned by and used under license.
		Barbie Barbie is a registered trademark of Mattel, Inc., which does not sanction this site and would likely be appalled by it anyway.
	www.home-fashion.org /barbie.html (1067 words)

	Bangkok's Independent Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Many girls recognise “Barbie” as a leading brand for dolls and girl’s fashion but their perception is about to change as brand-owner Mattel Inc has launched an aggressive marketing strategy to build Barbie licensing in Thailand.
		She said Barbie licensing grew 45 per cent last year and is expected to grow 18 per cent this year and by 15 per cent in 2006.
		Barbie fashion products contribute the lion’s share of sales at 32 per cent, followed by bags with 18 per cent and shoes with 15 per cent.
	www.nationmultimedia.com /2005/12/13/business/index.php?news=business_19402139.html (477 words)

	Around Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The exhibition is organised by Isetan in collaboration with Diethelm, Mattel Bangkok and Sandy Hong - the winner of a contest held by “The Fan” TV show to celebrate the Barbie phenomenon.
		On display are 40 original Barbie dolls from vintage collections, many of which command a surprisingly high price, and modern specimens, many of which were designed by well-known designers and are styled after celebrities.
		Participants can also learn more about why Barbie is a favourite doll to millions of people, her story, and collecting Barbies, in exhibits and Q&A sessions.
	www.nationmultimedia.com /around/aroundtown/detail.php?id=4232 (221 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Foek visited the Dynamics factory just outside of Bangkok where Barbies, stuffed Lion Kings and other Disney toys are made by 4,500 (mostly female) workers.
		He was greeted by women and children in a rally, carrying banners that said, "we are not slave labour!" Most of the workers come from northeastern Thailand, where the poverty is abject and extreme.
		Foek tells of her astonishment when he mentions that there are "2 Barbies sold somewhere in the world every second, and that Mattel made more than $3.2 billion in 1994.
	members.ttlc.net /~ddiam/f2s/ECON/SWEAT/barbie.htm (571 words)

	Individualist Spiritualist Anarchist Barbie: Thai poll marked by strong protest abstentions
		Voters in Bangkok and southern Thailand appeared on Monday to have given Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra a slap in the face with a strong protest "No vote" in an election unlikely to end a protracted political crisis.
		But Thaksin was even further undercut in Bangkok, the scene of weeks of anti-corruption street protests, where Thai media said voters flocked to abstain by ticking the "No vote" box on ballot papers.
		In one Bangkok seat, the unopposed Thai Rak Thai runner was disqualified at the last minute, leaving no candidate on the ballot and guaranteeing at least one empty space in the 500-seat parliament.
	acrazycatlady.blogspot.com /2006/04/thai-poll-marked-by-strong-protest.html (740 words)

	New Barbie cosmetics, clothes hook local teens
		With the launch of Barbie bags and Barbie cosmetics here, Thailand has become the second Asian country, after Japan, in which the world's most famous doll makes a leap from stores' toy sections to their cosmetic counters and fashion zones.
		Barbie fashion products have been selling in Japan for years and are recognised as a successful fashion brand there.
		Barbie cosmetic products are available at Watsons outlets from Nong Khai to Phuket and customers can sign up for Barbie workshops at Barbie cosmetics counters in Siam Paragon, The Emporium and The Mall shopping complexes.
	www.nationmultimedia.com /2006/03/20/business/business_20003093.php (428 words)

	What's New in Bangkok Restaurants & Entertainment Venues
		Bangkok’s constantly evolving kaleidoscope of new nightspots with drinks, food and live entertainment has acquired another brand new member.
		The food menu was being developed when we visited, but the plan is to include European eats, Thai dishes and a selection of items from a Barbie that will be stoked up outside under the trees.
		Future plans include an area to eat, drink and relax adjacent to the swimming pool used by the dwelling’s former inhabitants.
	www.wheretoeat-bangkok.com /restaurants_new/beathouse.htm (329 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International
		New York, March 5 (AFP): After nearly half a century of vamping up store shelves with her buxom chest and wasp waist, Barbie, the world’s favourite doll, is slowly but inescapably going out of style.
		Fuelling Barbie’s mid-life crisis is the success of the pouting, street-savvy newcomers to the global dollhouse — the Bratz line of dolls introduced by MGA Entertainment in 2001.
		With their pouty lips, big heads, urban street clothes and names like Rock Angelz, Sisterz and Play Sportz, the new dolls are hot items for pre-teens who favour the belly-shirt fashion styles championed by the likes of pop princess Britney Spears.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1060306/asp/foreign/story_5931021.asp (272 words)

	Barbie Invitations
		Barbie is the world's best selling doll and was first sold on March 9, 1959.
		The best selling Barbie was one releasedin 1992, Totally Hair Barbie, with stylable hair so long it reached from her head down to her toes.
		Ruth Handler and ElliottHandler, the co-founders of Mattel, bought the rights to market Lilli: with a haircolor change from blonde to brunette, and a name change to Barbie (after Ruth's daughter Barbara) she was sold in theUnited States starting in 1959 at New York's annual Toy Fair.
	www.lottery-news.net /dust28727-barbie_invitations.html (340 words)

	village voice > books > John Burdett's Bangkok Tattoo; Amitav Ghosh's The Hungry Tide; Hitomi Kanehara's Snakes and ...
		As he chronicles the murder of a CIA op in southern Thailand (which will undoubtedly be blamed on Muslims), Burdett serves up a few cold reality sandwiches ("His people could not even protect their own buildings," says a cleric).
		The narrator, a lapsed "Barbie doll," is the definition of blasé: "I've had enemas, which were fine, and I've played around with toys." She's so cool you can hold off getting that air conditioner for another year—or given S&E's pamphlet heft, another two hours.
		The latest in Leon's series of Venice-based detective novels follows her lovably average gumshoe, Commissario Guido Brunetti, as he attempts to unravel a baffling murder.
	www.villagevoice.com /books/0523,beach2,64724,10.html (477 words)

	In Asia, English is useful but Mandarin is rising \| csmonitor.com
		BANGKOK, THAILAND - Inside a brightly painted classroom, a circle of kindergarten kids sits facing their teaching assistant, a Filipina.
		"Ken!" "I want boy Barbie!" "I too want, miss!" After the hubbub subsides, the day's lesson begins: The sound made by the letters Q and U. Next door, another group of preschoolers is playing a game.
		At ICI, a language school in Bangkok, principal Liu Xiaoying sees a steady stream of professionals keen to master Mandarin.
	www.csmonitor.com /2006/0112/p01s03-woap.htm (963 words)

	Ferrari Barbie - FerrariChat.com
		There was someone who was buying basic Barbies and modifying them into 3 different trailer trash versions.
		I bought a Ferrari Barbie in a red leather outfit with Cavallinos on her chest.
		I make sure she is properly reclined behind the steering wheel after I am finished with the pre-show detail (wipe bigger insects off the windshield).
	www.ferrarichat.com /forum/showthread.php?t=76150 (722 words)

	Miscellaneous Tips - Bangkok Shopping - VirtualTourist.com
		AVCameras has a host of photographic (digital and film) supplies for the type who understands what an f-stop is. They’ve enlargers and developing tanks as well as a good range of the almost latest cameras and lenseseses.
		Professional films, humidifiers, memory cards, filters, waterproof casings, etc. AV Cameras has probably the highest level of general knowledge in Bangkok that I have come across, and at least they are interested in cameras and photography.
		It is area notorious for traffic congestion and as a hub for connecting buses to the outlying areas of Bangkok.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Thailand/Central_Eastern_Thailand/Bangkok-1445238/Shopping-Bangkok-MISC-BR-8.html (1365 words)

	The Daily Nugget - Amazing Race Archives
		It is scary as all hell as a passenger because you tend to forget that you are on the wrong side and freak out every time you make a turn onto a divided highway.
		In this episode, teams made their way from Darwin, Australia, in the middle of the Australian Outback to Bangkok, Thailand.
		The animosity between Ken & Barbie and the Hippies was high from the start, and you just knew that some shit was going to go down later in the leg.
	www.dailynugget.com /music_tv_film/amazing_race (6879 words)

	Duty cut on Chinese toy imports
		This comes under the Bangkok Agreement, to which China became a signatory in 2001.
		These three countries are also signatories to the Bangkok Agreement.
		While a Cabinet decision to this effect was taken in June last year, the provisions were not operationalised so far.
	www.rediff.com /money/2004/jan/05china.htm (264 words)

	[econ.women] Sweatshop Barbie -Global exploitati
		Geschreven door vbritto@igc.apc.org op 03 Apr 1997 20:33:48 -080 met als onderwerp: Sweatshop Barbie -Global exploitati
		illnesses and the cases of deaths of workers in Bangkok.
		Barbie - at a cost of some $165,000.
	www.antenna.nl /news/econ/women/mn00066.html (474 words)

	Restaurants & BBQ's in Bangkok
		Now that the rains have stopped, Executive Chef Giuseppe Fornillo has decided The Sala should come out of the closet.
		Starting November 4th each evening from 19:00-22:00, it will feature a ‘BBQ Under the Stars’ with appetizers, salads, grilled meats and seafood from both the barbie and the tandoor oven.
		The array of seafood is awesome and includes rock lobster, salmon skewers, tuna skewers, prawn skewers, scallops, yabbies, seabass steaks, river prawns and cuttlefish.
	www.wheretoeat-bangkok.com /restaurants_new/the_sala.htm (312 words)

	julieag
		I loved Bangkok the most and I remember it as a land of golden Buddhas residing in equally splendid temples with ornamental gardens.
		Julie acknowledges that she was a Barbie® addict from the moment she saw her sister's first Titian Bubble Cut Barbie.
		During Barbie’s late 1960’s and early 1970’s phase, I was preteen." Julie notes, "I always saved my money for Barbie.
	www.lisasdollcloset.com /julieag.htm (3117 words)

	Barbie Twins Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Barbie Twins 380 4 Aug 28 2005 2:41...
		Shane and Sia Barbi, the international models and Hollywood celebrities professionally known as the Barbi Twins, were forced to leave the...
		Some people say that Barbie is the perfect example of a woman and this is how we have come to have white women like the Barbie Twins.
	www.toysresource.info /barbie-twins (895 words)

	Bangkok's Independent Newspaper
		At the age of 30, Jirapat Sirijit, managing director of Siam Jatujak, is the youngest top executive in the shopping-mall business in Thailand.
		Bangkok Bank will likely fail to achieve its goal to lower its bad loans to below 10 per cent of its outstanding credit by the end of the year after the debt-restructuring plan of Thai Petrochemical Industry Plc (TPI) was not completed.
		Toyota Motor Corporation has announced that it will stage the world premier of the all-new 2007 Camry mid-size sedan and the much-anticipated Camry Hybrid at the 2006 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which will be held from January 8 to 22.
	nationmultimedia.com /2005/12/13/business/index.php?... (588 words)

	The Odd Truth, Sept. 11, 2003 - CBS News
		DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Barbie may be a harmless doll to kids in the U.S., but she's a "threat to morality" to Saudi Arabia's religious police.
		The Saudi police Web site says Barbie's "shameful postures, accessories and tools are a symbol of decadence to the perverted West." It calls on Saudis to beware of her dangers."
		Religious authorities say they're afraid Barbie's clothes will be "imprinted" in the minds of young Saudi girls — who will later refuse to wear traditional Muslim clothes.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/09/12/national/main573081.shtml (933 words)

	Conspiracy Theory: Gems & Junkies in Burma by R.W. Hughes
		OSS (and later CIA) recruitment of notorious Nazi, Klaus Barbie, from 1947 onwards.
		Barbie later went on to help organize the "cocaine coup" in Bolivia, where a group of right-wing Bolivian generals seized power and reaped billions in the cocaine industry (Cockburn and St. Clair, 1998).
		Mysteriously – strangely, I was instructed that: "You're not going." The case was ended right at the point I had gone to; that is, at the Chinese dealers in Bangkok itself.
	www.ruby-sapphire.com /burmese_politics.htm (6263 words)

	Barbie And The Magic Of Pegasus Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		We consider ourselves kings in the field of barbie doll house kit, we have a great interest in the subject and have dedicated a great amount of our own time sourcing good solid barbie doll house kit information.
		Once we had our database of barbie doll house kit web sites we scanned through it closely and came to the conclusion most of the entries were not relevant.
		Mattel has planned for the new Barbie And The Magic Of Pegasus movie to be released in the fall of 2005.
	www.awesome-magic.info /barbie-and-the-magic-of-pegasus (6065 words)

	Scuba Diving Barbie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Barbie and her friend are scuba diving in the ocean amidst the coral...
		diving bali diving banda ace diving bangkok diving barbie diving bathing suits...
		with continual reminders to "Be Barbie" throughout training, is the primary reason...
	www.oceanfriends.org /scuba-diving-barbie.html (207 words)

	Amazon.com: Barbie Fairytopia Elina Doll: Toys & Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		With that in mind, you can imagine how excited she was to finally get the "Barbie" Elina Doll with light-up wings.
		I hate to say it, but as a male adult who is almost thirty, I even find this doll to be pretty cool.
		My 3 1/2 year old daughter loves this Barbie; but the wings are very sharp and she has gotten cut two times.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00061I3YS?v=glance (730 words)

	Siam Future : Toy Story toys making merry with children
		Woody and his gang, especially Buzz Lightyear, have bumped the Japanese pocket monster and the leggy blond doll off the list of favourites.
		The Toy Story Gang have become Bangkok's most sought after toys this festive season.
		Monprapa Jamjirachaikul, merchandising manager of Central Department Store, says the characters from ''Toy Story 2'' which is currently showing in Bangkok's theatres, are topping the charts at Central's toy departments.
	www.siamfuture.com /ThaiNews/ThNewsTxt.asp?tid=49 (312 words)

	Disney, Ty, and Warner Beanies, & Puffkins - Aunt Barbie's Dolls & Collectibles Shoppe
		Aunt Barbie's Dolls and Collectibles Shoppe (www.abdolls.com) features one of the most extensive collections of hard-to-find Barbie Dolls and other Barbie Doll merchandise on the Internet as well as one of today's hottest collectibles – Beanies.
		We also feature Mattel-produced Disney dolls, other collectible dolls, Enesco Barbie products, and collectible GI Joe action figures by Hasbro.
		Atlanta ($12), Austin ($12), Bali ($10), Bangkok ($12), Berlin ($9),
	www.mylinuxisp.com /~appelomega/ABB/dizbeans.htm (692 words)

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