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It took 1,127 deaths in Bangladesh to find retailers hearts
Global garment retailers sign on for a "game-changing" worker safety plan in Bangladesh following the building collapse. But the reluctance of Wal-Mart and Gap to sign on shows that not everyone is comfortable with a rights-based approach to the issue. #ThatsJustWrong #Bangladesh #Building collapse #workplace safety #Rana Plaza
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Bangladesh honours building collapse victims
The Islamic prayer service was held a day after the army ended the nearly three week, painstaking search for bodies among the rubble and turned control of the site over to the civilian government for cleanup. #World #NewsTracker #Bangladesh building collapse
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Bangladesh building collapse: Rainstorms halt recovery efforts
Overnight rainstorms had halted the recovery efforts, but by late morning the teams were back at work using hydraulic cranes, bulldozers, shovels and iron cutters as they continued looking for bodies more than two weeks after the eight-story building collapsed. #World #Bangladesh #NewsTracker #Bangladesh building collapse
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How politicians have hijacked the Thane building collapse to their benefit
Maharashtra's political class seems to have successfully harnessed the public rage over the recent Mumbra building for their own benefit. #HowThisWorks #Redevelopment #Politicians #builders #Real estate #Mumbra Building Collapse
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From Mumbra to Nehru Nagar: Why the answer lies in honest officials
There, unfortunately, is only one solution to solving problems like the Mumbra building collapse and Nehru Nagar bribery scandal that has come to light. #HowThisWorks #Corruption #Mumbra Building Collapse #civic bodies #illegal constructions #Nehru Nagar police station
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Thane building collapse: Bribes paid? Tell us something we don't know
The Thane police commissioner's assertion that bribes were paid by the builders involved in the horrific Mumbra building collapse doesn't really leave us shocked. #HowThisWorks #Building collapse #Mumbra #Mumbra Building Collapse #Civic authorities
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The Borneo PostBangladesh collapsed building toll rises to 1,125
STILL SEARCHING: Bangladeshi rescue workers stand as Bangladesh Army personnel use mechanical excavators as they continue the second phase of a rescue operation after an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. — AFP photo DHA #Bangladesh #United Kingdom #Primark
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Zee NewsTop floors of residential building collapse in Gujarat
Vadodara: The top two floors of a five-storey residential building here collapsed on Friday night, hours after all the occupants had evacuated it. "Mahavir Swami Apartment located in Kapdipole area of Raopura had developed cracks and started leaning in t #Gujarat
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Deseret NewsRwanda building collapse kills 6, injures 30
Rescue workers wait to search the rubble by hand at sunrise following the completion of rescue work by heavy machinery, at the scene of a building collapse in the eastern district of Nyagatare, Rwanda Wednesday, May 15, 2013. A four-story building under #Rwanda #Uganda