For those in the south, who are mainly Sinhalese (as, presumably, are most of the hardworking women in MAS's factory), the war is too distant to cause much pain.

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The factory survived the Second World War more or less unscathed until May 8, 1945, the day the articles of surrender were signed in Berlin.

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Even as we feared there could be a war, we were taken to a silk thread factory where 2, 000 women work diligently.

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After returning from World War II, the pair set up shop inside the Sapolio soap factory, owned by Morgan's father.

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Hasan, who declined to give his last name, was a furniture factory worker in Aleppo but fled the city after the war intensified, work dried up and prices sharply rose.

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Instead, on his return to Pakistan on the eve of World War II he borrowed money from his father to set up a factory to dehydrate and can vegetables and fruits, which he then sold to the British troops.

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The 39-year-old war corespondent had filed copy on the discovery of a potentially dangerous chemicals factory just hours before her death.

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The factory near Colwyn Bay, founded by the late Eric Quinton Hazell after World War II, made 120 workers redundant in 2007.

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