Hunt continues for survivors of Bangladesh building collapse
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="Rescuers">Rescuers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span> <span word="hunted">hunted</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="survivors">survivors</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="collapsed">collapsed</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="rose">rose</span> <span word="above">above</span> 200 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="criticism">criticism</span> <span word="mounted">mounted</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="foreign">foreign</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="source">source</span> <span word="cheap">cheap</span> <span word="clothes">clothes</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 1,000 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="injured">injured</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="site">site</span> <span word="housing">housing</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="garment">garment</span> <span word="factories">factories</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="outskirts">outskirts</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Dhaka">Dhaka</span> <span word="imploded">imploded</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>, <span word="allegedly">allegedly</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="managers">managers</span> <span word="ignored">ignored</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>' <span word="warnings">warnings</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="unstable">unstable</span>.</p><p><span word="Flags">Flags</span> <span word="flew">flew</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="half">half</span>-<span word="mast">mast</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shell">shell</span>-<span word="shocked">shocked</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="declared">declared</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mourning">mourning</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="victims">victims</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="nation">nation</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="worst">worst</span> <span word="factory">factory</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="highlighted">highlighted</span> <span word="anew">anew</span> <span word="safety">safety</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="vital">vital</span> <span word="garment">garment</span> <span word="industry">industry</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="toll">toll</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="now">now</span> 204," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="officer">officer</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="dead">dead</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> 3,000-<span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="mostly">mostly</span> <span word="female">female</span> <span word="workforce">workforce</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="building">building</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="garment">garment</span> <span word="factories">factories</span>.</p><p><span word="Wali">Wali</span> <span word="Asraf">Asraf</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="senior">senior</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="officer">officer</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="room">room</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="gathering">gathering</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span> <span word="site">site</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="information">information</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="missing">missing</span> <span word="relatives">relatives</span>.</p><p><span word="Working">Working</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="cutters">cutters</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="drilling">drilling</span> <span word="machines">machines</span>, <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="army">army</span> <span word="rescue">rescue</span> <span word="teams">teams</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="pulled">pulled</span> <span word="out">out</span> 1,400 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="alive">alive</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="launched">launched</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="operation">operation</span> <span word="with">with</span> "<span word="many">many</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="trapped">trapped</span> <span word="beneath">beneath</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="rubble">rubble</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="service">service</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="Major">Major</span> <span word="Mahbubur">Mahbubur</span> <span word="Rahman">Rahman</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="digging">digging</span> <span word="carefully">carefully</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="machines">machines</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="cut">cut</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pancaked">pancaked</span> <span word="floors">floors</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="stopped">stopped</span> <span word="using">using</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="equipment">equipment</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="fear">fear</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="jeopardize">jeopardize</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="chances">chances</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="survival">survival</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="trapped">trapped</span> <span word="alive">alive</span>.</p>
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