Survivors In Factory Collapse

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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Survivor located 100 hours after Bangladesh disaster

  More than 100 hours after a garment factory block collapsed, rescuers in Bangladesh tunnelled into the rubble Sunday to find a woman whose feeble cries for help raised hopes of more miracles.

• Bangladesh building collapse toll crosses 200, many still trapped

  Survivors from a garment factory that collapsed in Bangladesh killing at least 228 people described on Thursday a deafening bang and tremors before the eight-floor building crashed down under them.

• Jalandhar building collapse: Another rescued, death toll rises to 18

  An 18-year-old school dropout from Bihar today became another miracle survivor of the Sunday's factory building collapse in Jalandhar, even as the death toll climbed to 18.

• Jalandhar building collapse: Worker rescued after 72 hours

  The untiring efforts of rescue teams engaged in finding survivors beneath the collapsed blanket manufacturing factory in this Punjab city saw more success early on Thursday with a trapped worker being rescued after 72 hours under the debris.

• Jalandhar factory collapse: Toll up to 6

  Rescuers rummaged through the rubble to locate possible survivors as the death toll from the collapse of an industrial building here rose to six with the recovery of four more bodies today. Visiting the scene, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal announced that special safety audits would be conducted in all industrial units in the state t...