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Bangladesh Building Collapse Death Toll Reaches 1,000
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The death toll from the collapse of a garment-factory building in Bangladesh two weeks ago has risen to 1,000 while a fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka killed at least eight.
The new toll at the Rana Plaza complex was confirmed today over the telephone by Shahnewaz Mohammad Golam Zakaria, an army captain in a control room supervising the rescue operation.