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April 24, 2013

At Least 70 Killed in Bangladesh Factory Collapse 
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In Bangladesh, at least 70 people are dead after a building housing
several garment factories collapsed near the capital Dhaka. Hundreds of
people were injured with an unknown number still trapped in the
wreckage. Workers said they were ordered by supervisors to come to work
this morning even after cracks had been found in the building the day
before. The disaster comes exactly five months after a massive fire
killed at least 112 garment workers at Bangladesh's Tazreen factory,
which made clothing sold by Wal-Mart, among other companies.

 

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