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Number of Deaths in Pakistan Factory Collapse Rise to 44
The death toll from the collapse of a factory in eastern Pakistan rose to 44 today as rescuers said that hopes of recovering more survivors were growing increasingly slim.
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Death Toll in Pakistan Factory Collapse Set to Rise: Officials
Rescue crews resumed digging through the rubble of a collapsed factory in Pakistan today as officials said they expected to find at least two dozen more bodies, with the death toll standing at 23.
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Rescuers Search for Survivors of Pakistan Factory Collapse
Soldiers and rescuers in Lahore were carefully cutting through steel and using cranes to lift the debris of the building in a bid to find people still alive, with survivors telling AFP that many of the workers had been children.
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Workers Trapped in Pakistan Factory Plead for Help on Cellphones
Survivors trapped in the rubble of a collapsed Pakistani factory pleaded for help on their mobile phones today even as rescuers said they feared the death toll of 18 could rise in the latest tragedy to spotlight poor safety standards in south Asia.
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Hunt for Survivors After New Bangladesh Factory Disaster
Rescue teams searched today for survivors in the rubble after a factory collapsed in Bangladesh, killing at least seven people and sparking fresh criticism over the country's appalling record on workplace safety.
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Bangladesh's 'miracle' survivor marries and builds new life
She was the "miracle" seamstress, plucked from the rubble of the world's worst garment factory disaster 17 days after her factory collapsed. One year on, she has married and found a new job.
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Most Bangladesh factory survivors still too sick to work: survey
Most survivors of the Bangladesh factory collapse that killed 1,138 garment workers are still too traumatised or injured to work 12 months after the tragedy, a survey released Monday said.
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From factory to five-star hotel for Bangladesh's 17-day survivor
A teenage seamstress who survived 17 days trapped under the rubble of a collapsed Bangladesh garment factory walked smiling out of a military hospital on Thursday and into a new job in a five-star hotel.
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Bangladesh factory collapse: volunteers haunted by rescue trauma
Mamun was hailed a hero for pulling survivors from the ruins of Bangladesh's Rana Plaza factory complex but now he struggles to sleep, haunted by the memory of sawing off a young woman's hand.
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Bangladesh collapse survivor gives up garment work
The 19-year-old seamstress who spent 17 days trapped in the rubble of a collapsed factory building said on Monday that she will never again work in a Bangladesh garment factory.
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Joy, disbelief as relatives embrace rescued Bangladesh factory worker
As hope faded of finding any more survivors of Bangladesh's factory collapse, Reshma Begum's family cherished one modest prayer: that hers would be the next body to be excavated from the rubble so they could at least give her a decent burial.
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Bangladesh miracle survivor 'doing great': doctor
Bangladeshi doctors treating a "miracle" survivor pulled from ruins of a collapsed building after 17 days said Saturday she was doing "great" and had been reunited with her family.
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Survivor found, 17 days after Bangladesh building collapse: fire chief
A woman was pulled alive on Friday from the ruins of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh more than 16 days after it collapsed and killed over 1,000 people, live television footage showed.
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Bangladesh bosses plead to Western firms after tragedy
Bangladeshi textile bosses pleaded Monday with Western clothing giants to keep doing business with them after nearly 400 people died in a factory collapse as hopes of finding more survivors faded.
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Fire 'kills last survivor from Bangladesh building collapse'
A fire broke out in the rubble of a Bangladesh factory complex on Sunday night, killing what the country's fire chief described as the last remaining survivor from the building's collapse five days earlier.
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Number of Deaths in Pakistan Factory Collapse Rise to 44
The death toll from the collapse of a factory in eastern Pakistan rose to 44 today as rescuers said that hopes of recovering more survivors were growing increasingly slim.
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Death Toll in Pakistan Factory Collapse Set to Rise: Officials
Rescue crews resumed digging through the rubble of a collapsed factory in Pakistan today as officials said they expected to find at least two dozen more bodies, with the death toll standing at 23.
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Rescuers Search for Survivors of Pakistan Factory Collapse
Soldiers and rescuers in Lahore were carefully cutting through steel and using cranes to lift the debris of the building in a bid to find people still alive, with survivors telling AFP that many of the workers had been children.
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Workers Trapped in Pakistan Factory Plead for Help on Cellphones
Survivors trapped in the rubble of a collapsed Pakistani factory pleaded for help on their mobile phones today even as rescuers said they feared the death toll of 18 could rise in the latest tragedy to spotlight poor safety standards in south Asia.
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Hunt for Survivors After New Bangladesh Factory Disaster
Rescue teams searched today for survivors in the rubble after a factory collapsed in Bangladesh, killing at least seven people and sparking fresh criticism over the country's appalling record on workplace safety.
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Bangladesh's 'miracle' survivor marries and builds new life
She was the "miracle" seamstress, plucked from the rubble of the world's worst garment factory disaster 17 days after her factory collapsed. One year on, she has married and found a new job.
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Most Bangladesh factory survivors still too sick to work: survey
Most survivors of the Bangladesh factory collapse that killed 1,138 garment workers are still too traumatised or injured to work 12 months after the tragedy, a survey released Monday said.
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From factory to five-star hotel for Bangladesh's 17-day survivor
A teenage seamstress who survived 17 days trapped under the rubble of a collapsed Bangladesh garment factory walked smiling out of a military hospital on Thursday and into a new job in a five-star hotel.
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Bangladesh factory collapse: volunteers haunted by rescue trauma
Mamun was hailed a hero for pulling survivors from the ruins of Bangladesh's Rana Plaza factory complex but now he struggles to sleep, haunted by the memory of sawing off a young woman's hand.
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Bangladesh collapse survivor gives up garment work
The 19-year-old seamstress who spent 17 days trapped in the rubble of a collapsed factory building said on Monday that she will never again work in a Bangladesh garment factory.
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Joy, disbelief as relatives embrace rescued Bangladesh factory worker
As hope faded of finding any more survivors of Bangladesh's factory collapse, Reshma Begum's family cherished one modest prayer: that hers would be the next body to be excavated from the rubble so they could at least give her a decent burial.
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Bangladesh miracle survivor 'doing great': doctor
Bangladeshi doctors treating a "miracle" survivor pulled from ruins of a collapsed building after 17 days said Saturday she was doing "great" and had been reunited with her family.
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Survivor found, 17 days after Bangladesh building collapse: fire chief
A woman was pulled alive on Friday from the ruins of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh more than 16 days after it collapsed and killed over 1,000 people, live television footage showed.
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Bangladesh bosses plead to Western firms after tragedy
Bangladeshi textile bosses pleaded Monday with Western clothing giants to keep doing business with them after nearly 400 people died in a factory collapse as hopes of finding more survivors faded.
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Fire 'kills last survivor from Bangladesh building collapse'
A fire broke out in the rubble of a Bangladesh factory complex on Sunday night, killing what the country's fire chief described as the last remaining survivor from the building's collapse five days earlier.
