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Woman rescued from collapsed building 17 days later

Last updated Friday, May 10, 2013 - 7:56am

DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A seamstress buried in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building for 17 days was rescued Friday, a miraculous moment set against a scene of unimaginable horror, where the death toll shot past 1,000.

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Bangladeshi policemen walk past a burning barricade set by protesters during a demonstration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, May 5, 2013. Bangladesh security forces fired rubber bullets to disperse stone-throwing Islamic activists Sunday, during a protest to demand that the government enact an anti-blasphemy law. (AP Photo/Khurshed Rinku)

14 dead after Islamist riots in Bangladesh

Arun Devnath Bloomberg News

Last updated Monday, May 6, 2013 - 12:44pm

DHAKA, Bangladesh — Clashes between police and members of an Islamic group demanding the introduction of blasphemy laws left 14 people dead and 250 wounded in Dhaka and surrounding districts.

Police in combat gear patrolled the capital while armored vehicles were stationed in the main business district, footage from local television stations showed. Streets were littered with burned tires and broken bricks.

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Bangladesh rescuers look for survivors and victims at the site of a building that collapsed Wednesday in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh,Thursday, April 25, 2013. By Thursday, the death toll reached at least 194 people as rescuers continued to search for injured and missing, after a huge section of an eight-story building that housed several garment factories splintered into a pile of concrete. (AP Photo/A.M.Ahad)

Death toll tops 200 in building collapse

Al-Emrun Garjon, Julhas Alam The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, April 26, 2013 - 12:22am

SAVAR, Bangladesh -- "Save us, brother. I beg you, brother," Mohammad Altab moaned to the rescuers who could not help him. He had been trapped for more than 24 hours, pinned between slabs of concrete in the ruins of the garment factory building where he worked.

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Rescue workers and people look for survivors after an eight-story building housing several garment factories collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Dozens were killed and many more are feared trapped in the rubble. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad)

Garmet factory building collapses killing 87

Julhas Alam The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 24, 2013 - 10:21am

SAVAR, Bangladesh -- An eight-story building housing several garment factories collapsed near Bangladesh's capital Wednesday morning, killing at least 87 people and trapping many more in a jumbled mess of shattered concrete and bricks, officials said.

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Bangladeshi firefighters and workers try to douse the fire at a garment-factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 two days after a similar incident killed more than 110 people on the outskirts. No casualty was reported in Monday's fire. Bangladeshis were Monday blocking the streets near Dhaka, throwing stones at factories and smashing vehicles, as they demanded justice for those killed in Saturday's fire. (AP Photo)

Deadly factory fire kills 112 in Bangladesh

Farid Hossain, Julhas Alam The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, November 26, 2012 - 12:31pm

DHAKA, Bangladesh — The fire alarm: Waved off by managers. An exit door: Locked. The fire extinguishers: Not working and apparently "meant just to impress" inspectors and customers.

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A Bangladeshi woman cries as she claims the body of her relative killed in a fire at a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday Nov. 25, 2012. At least 112 people were killed in a late Saturday night fire that raced through the multi-story garment factory just outside of Bangladesh's capital, an official said Sunday.(AP Photo/ Jibon Amir)

Fire in Bangladesh garment factory

The Associated Press

Last updated Sunday, November 25, 2012 - 10:47pm

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Searchers look for more victims of Bangladesh fire

Julhas Alam, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - 10:10am

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Firefighters searched a gutted garment factory Wednesday for more possible victims of a devastating fire that trapped workers and forced some to jump to their deaths. At least 29 fatalities were reported.

No more bodies were immediately found, said Nilufar Yasmine, a fire department official.

She said officials were still investigating the cause of Tuesday's blaze.

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Pavel Rahman/The Associated Press
A crowd gathers as smoke rises from a garment factory on fire at Ashulia, about 25 km (16 miles) north of the capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. A devastating blaze raced through a garment factory Tuesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 100, witnesses and news reports said.

25 killed in Bangladesh factory blaze

Julhas Alam, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 14, 2010 - 11:47am

DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A devastating blaze raced through a garment factory near Bangladesh's capital on Tuesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 100, witnesses and news reports said.

Fire official Golam Mostafa said the fire started in a 10-story factory owned by local business giant Hameem Group in the Ashulia industrial zone, just outside Dhaka. It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze, and the government ordered an investigation.

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