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Rescue work at the site of the Rana Plaza garment factory continued for a sixth day on Monday, but army spokesman Shahinul Islam said "there is little hope of finding anyone alive".
BBC: Dhaka factory collapse: Owner Rana faces anger at court
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Government officials, labor activists, manufacturers and retailers all called for improved safety standards after a November garment factory fire in the same suburb, when locked emergency exits trapped hundreds of workers inside and 112 people died.
NPR: Bangladesh Owner Is At Nexus Of Politics, Business
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Rescuers have now found 430 bodies in the debris of the collapsed garment factory, as a mass Muslim funeral is held for unidentified victims.
NPR: 10 Things To Know For Today
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"I want the death penalty for the owner of the building, " said one marcher, 18-year-old garment factory worker Mongidul Islam Rana.
BBC: Bangladesh 'slave labour' condemned by Pope
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Mominur Rahman, a 27-year-old garment worker, fractured his spine jumping for his life from the third floor of the Tazreen Fashions factory outside Dhaka, which burnt down in November, killing over 100 people.
WSJ: Bangladesh to Raise Pay for Garment Workers
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During an episode of the investigative TV show called A Liga (The League) reporters visited a factory where Bolivian immigrant workers were caught in slave-like conditions in garment production for the Galicia-based company, which is part of the Inditex group.
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