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Bangladesh Building Collapse

At least 50 more people have been found alive amid the rubble of a garment factory that collapsed Wednesday in Bangladesh, according to the Bangladesh fire service deputy director Maj. Mizamur Rahman.

The newly discovered survivors were found inside a cavity after rescue workers dug a tunnel through the rubble of what had been the third floor, Rahman said. It will be several hours before rescue workers will be able to get to them.

So far, more than 2,300 other people have been rescued from the wreckage; more than 300 died. Ref. CNN

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Wow this is some sort of miracle! I'm glad to read they have been found safe and at the same time feel horrible about 300 people being killed. Anyone knows the cause of the collapse?

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Blaze at collapsed Bangladesh factory

A fire has broken out in the wreckage of the garment factory that collapsed last week in Bangladesh, with smoke pouring from the piles of shattered concrete and some of the rescue efforts forced to stop. Ref. Source 8

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Building collapse not 'really serious' - minister

Bangladesh's finance minister downplayed the impact of last week's factory-building collapse on his country's garment industry, saying today he didn't think it was "Really serious" hours after the 500th body was pulled from the debris. Ref. Source 1

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Bangladesh death toll hits 547

Ten days after the horrifying collapse of a garment-factory building, life has become still more gruesome for crews working to recover bodies at the site. Ref. Source 7

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Pope condemns Bangladesh working conditions as "slave labor"


By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned the conditions of workers who died in the Bangladesh factory collapse as "slave labor," saying unjust salaries and the unbridled quest for profits were "against God". His words were his toughest yet on workers' rights since his election on March 13, and another indication that the former archbishop of Buenos Aires was intent on making social justice a major plank of his pontificate. "Living on 38 euros ($50) a month - that was the pay of these people who died. ...
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Bangladesh collapse toll tops 700 as survivors demand pay:

Hundreds of survivors of last month's collapse of a building housing garment factories in Bangladesh protested for compensation Tuesday, as the death toll from the country's worst-ever industrial disaster passed 700. Ref. Source 8

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Bangladesh factory collapse death toll at 912

More than 2,500 people were rescued alive after the April 24 accident. Ref. USAToday