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Bangladesh Building Topples, at Least 20 Dead

   VOA News 02 June 2010
   Rescue  workers  look  for survivors as local residents look on at the
   site of a building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2 June 2010

Photo: AP

   Rescue  workers  look  for survivors as local residents look on at the
   site of a building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2 June 2010

   Bangladesh  fire  officials say a five-story building has collapsed in
   the capital of Dhaka, killing at least 20 people.
   Authorities   said  the  building  toppled  late  Tuesday,  flattening
   surrounding homes.
   At  least  25 people were injured when the building fell.  Police say
   it was poorly constructed.
   Rescue  teams  are  continuing  to  search  the  rubble for bodies and
   survivors.   Officials  fear  the  death  count could rise as several
   people are reported missing.
   Officials  say  many  of  the victims were sleeping in the surrounding
   homes  --  poorly  constructed  shanties  with  tin  roofs -- when the
   building collapsed.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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