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Rescue workers attempt to rescue garment workers from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar, 30 km outside Dhaka April 30, 2013.
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Plain-clothed Bangladeshi police brandish sticks as they attempt to break up demonstrating garment workers following the collapse of an eight-storey building, in Dhaka on April 26, 2013. (AFP PHOTO/STR)
Anger on Streets as Bangladesh Building Toll Passes 300
Dhaka, Reuters—Bangladesh textile workers vented their anger on Friday, burning cars and clashing with police, as the death toll passed 300 following the collapse of a building housing factories that made low-cost garments for Western brands. Miraculously rescuers...Caption:
Security officials collect evidence from a damaged vehicle at the site of a bomb attack after a bomb blast in Jalozai camp iin Nowshera district, northwestern Pakistan March 21, 2013. (REUTERS)
Blast Kills 17 at Pakistani Camp for Displaced People
Peshawar, Reuters—At least seventeen people were killed by a car bomb as they waited for food at a camp in northwest Pakistan for those displaced by fighting between government forces and Islamist militants, police said. The bomb exploded on Thursday in the Jalozai...Caption:
Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 17, 2013. Iraqi authorities say two car bombs have killed several people and wounded scores of others in the country’s south. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
Basra Suffers Simultaneous Terrorist Attacks
Basra, Asharq Al-Awsat—Basra, southern Iraq’s largest city and the country’s only seaport on the Gulf, was subjected to two simultaneous terrorist attacks yesterday, leaving 10 dead and 18 wounded according to security and medical sources. Ali Al-Maliki, head of the...Caption:
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, center, is accompanied by Defense Minister Zahid Hamidi, right, as he shares a moment with soldiers at Tanduo village in Lahad Datu, Borneo’s Sabah state, Malaysia, Thursday, March 7, 2013. (AP Photo)