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              Bangladesh Building Collapse Death Toll Passes 1,000

   Bangladeshi officials say the death toll from the collapse of the
   garment factory building two weeks ago has climbed to more than 1,000.
   An army officer overseeing the operation just outside Dhaka, the
   capital, told the French news agency that a "huge number" of bodies
   have been found in the stairwells and under the staircases of the
   building.
   Brigadier General Sissiqul Alam Sikder told AFP "each time we moved a
   slab of concrete, we found a stack of bodies."
   Officials say the running of several heavy generators on upper floors
   may have contributed to the collapse because the structure was not
   built to support them.
   Authorities have arrested at least nine people in the aftermath of the
   accident.
   The Bangladesh government says it has shut down 18 garment factories
   for safety reasons following the April 24 collapse of the building that
   housed five garment factories.
   On Wednesday, eight people died in a garment factory fire in the the
   capital.
   The fire erupted it the Tung Hai Sweater Factory after most workers had
   gone home.
   Bangladesh`s $20-billion textile industry accounts for nearly 80
   percent of the country`s exports.
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