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| Bangladesh building collapse death toll passes 700 | Bangladesh building collapse death toll passes 700 |
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| The death toll from the collapse of an eight-storey factory building near the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, has passed 700, officials say. | The death toll from the collapse of an eight-storey factory building near the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, has passed 700, officials say. |
| The announcement came after workers pulled dozens more bodies from the rubble. Many people are still missing. | The announcement came after workers pulled dozens more bodies from the rubble. Many people are still missing. |
| Nine people, including the building's owner, have been arrested. | |
| The collapse of the Rana Plaza on 24 April stands as Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster. It sparked outrage among workers in the country. | |
| The previous most deadly structural failure in modern times - excluding the 9/11 terror attacks in New York - was the Sampoong department store in Seoul, South Korea, in 1995, in which 502 people died. | |
| The death toll from Bangladesh now stands at 705. Officials say about 2,500 people were injured in the collapse and that 2,437 people have been rescued. | |
| Rescue officials also say they do not know exactly how many people are still missing as factory owners have not given them precise figures. | |
| It came as hundreds of garment workers who survived the collapse protested by blocking a highway close to the accident site demanding unpaid wages and benefits. | |
| Reports say many of them were working in some of the factories housed in the illegally constructed building. | |
| The disaster put the spotlight on conditions in the country's garment sector. | |
| Bangladesh has one of the largest garment industries in the world, and some of the clothes produced in the building were made for Western retailers. | |
| The EU has said it is considering "appropriate action" to encourage an improvement in working conditions in Bangladesh factories. |