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  • Bangladesh fire victims want old jobs back

    As 112 of her co-workers died in a garment-factory fire, Dipa Akter got out by jumping from the third floor through a hole made by breaking apart an ... 

  • Hillary Rodham Clinton

    Turkey's defense, Pakistan top Clinton's agenda

    Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in the Czech Republic for talks on energy policy in a country heavily dependent on Russian fuel. 

  • Pakistani Hindus protest destruction of temple

    Pakistani Hindus Sunday protested the destruction of a Hindu temple in the southern port city of Karachi. The temple was razed, along with some nearby ... 

  • The factory fire: Global commerce, local tragedy

    In the charred bones of the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory, the labels and logos — sewn and printed in scarlet and royal blue — beckon from the ashes. 

  • Suspected US drone strike kills 3 in Pakistan

    Pakistani officials say a suspected U.S. missile strike has killed three militants in a Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border. 

  • AP Exclusive: Myanmar verifying Muslim citizenship

    Guarded by rifle-toting police, immigration authorities in western Myanmar have launched a major operation aimed at settling an explosive question at ... 

  • Shoppers' habits not changed by garment plant fire

    Before purchasing a shirt, shoppers will run their hands over the fabric, look at the price tag and wonder how it will hold up in the washing machine. 

  • Zalmay Rasoul, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf

    Pakistan agrees to free more Taliban prisoners

    Pakistan agreed on Friday to free more Taliban prisoners in the future, a move considered a key step to coaxing the militant group into peace ... 

  • Johnson pitches London as Bollwood partner

    The mayor of London has announced that two Indian films will be shot in his city next year as part of a bid to bring Bollywood to the British capital. 

  • Bangladesh workers protest; families of dead plead

    Hundreds of garment workers protested Friday outside a Bangladeshi factory where 112 people were killed by a fire, demanding compensation for their ... 

  • India growth stuck at 3-year low as reforms stall

    India's economic growth slid to 5.3 percent in the September quarter, stuck at its lowest levels in three years as New Delhi struggles to enact ... 

  • Triangle Shirtwaist

    In Bangladesh, echoes of 1911 Triangle fire in NYC

    Terrified women leaping to their deaths. Locked exits trapping workers. Piles of clothing blocking stairwells to safety. The fire that raced through ... 

  • Maulvi Nazir

    Suicide bomber wounds prominent Pakistani militant

    A suicide bomber on Thursday attacked a prominent Pakistani militant commander in the country's northwest who is believed to have a nonaggression pact ... 

  • Factory owner: I didn't know fire exits needed

    The owner of a Bangladesh clothing factory where a fire killed 112 people says he was never informed the facility was required to have an emergency ... 

  • Fire highlights harsh lives of Bangladesh workers

    Clothing is king in Bangladesh, a country that exports more garments than any other in the world except China. It is responsible for four out of every ... 

  • Pakistan plans to hold national elections in May

    Pakistan plans to hold landmark national elections in May, the country's information minister said Tuesday. The vote would mark the first time a ... 

  • Bangladeshis mourn garment-fire dead, plan protest

    Bangladesh held a day of mourning Tuesday for the 112 people killed in a weekend fire at a garment factory, and labor groups planned more protests to ... 

  • Recent garment factory fires in Bangladesh

    More than 315 people have died in fires in Bangladesh garment factories since 2006. The country has about 4,000 garment factories and earns about $20 ... 

  • Pakistani TV anchor survives attempted bombing

    Police on Monday found and defused a bomb planted under the car of a prominent Pakistani TV anchor threatened by the Taliban for his coverage of a ... 

  • Ranbaxy recalls generic Lipitor doses

    Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. has recalled dozens of lots of its generic version of cholesterol drug Lipitor because some may contain tiny glass ... 

  • Fire kills 112 workers at Bangladesh garment-maker

    Fire raced up the floors of a Bangladeshi garment factory with no emergency exits, killing at least 112 people, some of whom jumped from the ... 

  • AP PHOTOS: Scenes from Bangladesh factory fire

    A fire engulfed a garment factory outside Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, trapping many workers and killing at least 112 people in the building without ... 

  • 112 killed in fire at Bangladesh garment factory

    Fire raced through a garment factory that supplies major retailers in the West, killing at least 112 people, many of whom were trapped by the flames ... 

  • Indian gay rights parade demands greater tolerance

    Hundreds of gay rights activists marched through New Delhi on Sunday to demand that they be allowed to lead lives of dignity in India's deeply ... 

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