Many Trapped In Bangladesh Building Rubble As Toll Tops 220 -- Reuters
SAVAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Survivors from a garment factory that collapsed in Bangladesh killing at least 228 people described on Thursday a deafening bang and tremors before the eight-floor building crashed down under them.
Many more of the mostly female workers were still feared trapped in the rubble more than 24 hours after the disaster, which has brought renewed attention to Western firms who use Bangladesh as a source of low cost goods.
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MIDDLE EAST
Syria rebels launch attack in central Hama after months of calm.
Free Syrian Army general: ‘Clear proof chemical weapons used’.
Syria crisis: UN to study soil samples for proof of sarin gas.
IAF shoots down hostile drone from Lebanon off Haifa. IDF intercepts drone off Haifa coastline.
Iraq on edge after raid fuels deadly Sunni unrest.
At least 19 Iraqis killed in police clashes with militants.
Kurdish militants to begin withdrawal from Turkey in May.
Turkey seizes massive weapons on Libya-flagged ship.
Israel 'allowed to read tourists' emails'.
ASIA
Many trapped in Bangladesh building rubble as toll tops 220.
Experts brand new bird flu strain one of the 'most lethal viruses ever' as it spreads from China to Taiwan.
Pervez Musharraf's lawyers seek to overturn travel ban.
Hamid Karzai orders ban on 'un-Islamic' shows on Afghan TV.
China urges U.S., after Boston bombings, to condemn Xinjiang "terrorism".
Japan PM defends ministers' visit to war shrine: report.
South Korea summons Japan envoy over war shrine visits, Abe remarks.
2 more Buddhist monks self-immolate in Tibet protest. Two Tibetan monks in China die after self-immolations.
South Korea proposes Kaesong talks with North. South warns of 'grave measures' if it rejects Kaesong talks.
AFRICA
Military: At least 7 killed in new Nigeria attack.
Mali: UN to vote on new UN peacekeeping force, Minusma.
Brazil's Santos Cruz to head UN's DR Congo mission.
African Union brings Sudan, rebels together for peace talks.
Egypt's Nour Salafi party will not join new cabinet.
Anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu in hospital with persistent infection.
EUROPE
Serbian president apologises for Srebrenica 'crime'.
Britain avoids recession with faster than expected growth.
Spanish unemployment climbs to new record.
Russia launches 'unprecedented' crackdown, rights group warns.
Russia NGO law: Election watchdog Golos fined.
Putin: Berezovsky wrote twice asking for forgiveness.
Wind turbines 'could allow enemy jets to sneak into British airspace'.
AMERICAS
Now officials claim Boston bombing suspect was NOT armed in boat showdown - despite police account of firefight and him 'shooting himself'. Boston bombing suspects' mother regrets emigration to US.
George W Bush urges brother Jeb to run for president in 2016.
Canada warns against US rejection of pipeline.
Venezuela's Henrique Capriles issues ultimatum over vote audit.
Venezuela's parliament launches probe into Capriles.
US rules out sanctions on Venezuela.
FARC controls 60 percent of drug trade - Colombia's police chief.
Bolivia takes Chile to the International Court of Justice to reclaim sea outlet.
Teachers rampage against reforms in Guerrero state, Mexico.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Bombing suspect immediately stopped talking after being read his Miranda rights.
CIA 'tracked Boston bomb suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev'.
Turkistan Islamic Party releases video of children in training.
German top court orders changes to 'terror' database.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
GE Capital cuts off lending to gun shops.
Exclusive: Verizon eyes $100 billion bid for Vodafone's Wireless stake.
Samsung's new Galaxy S4 hits supply snags in U.S..
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