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PHNOM PENH, Jan. 5-- Death toll in the collapse of a six-story building in southwest Cambodia's Kep province on Friday rose to 36, as rescue had completed, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Sunday. "A total of 36 people, including 14 females, were pronounced dead, as 23 others, including eight females, were injured in the collapsed building," he said at a press conference at the end of the rescue operation. All victims were Cambodians, and among them were a male-contractor, construction workers and their family members, including children. The building came down at around 4:30 p.m. on Friday in Kep city when workers were pouring concrete to build the seventh floor. | 
