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Police in Bangladesh took five people into custody in connection with the collapse of a shoddily-constructed building this week, as rescue workers pulled 19 survivors out of the rubble on Saturday and vowed to continue as long as necessary to find others despite fading hopes. HT Image At least 340 people are known to have died, crushed by massive blocks of concrete and mortar falling on them when the eight story structure came down on Wednesday morning - a time many of the garment factories in the building were packed with workers. It was the worst tragedy to hit Bangladesh s massive garment industry, and focused attention on the poor working conditions of the employees who toil for $38 a month to produce clothing for top international brands. Among those taken into custody is the wife of the building owner, who is on the run, in an attempt to force him
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Jemaah Islamiyah, the Islamic militant network blamed for a string of attacks in Southeast Asia and inspired by Al-Qaeda, is fighting to create a pan-Islamic state in the region. HT Image At least nine people were killed and more than 40 injured on Friday when bombs exploded at two luxury hotels in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia -- where JI sealed its notoriety with the 2002 Bali bombings, which killed 202 people. Officials said it was too early to say whether Friday s attacks were the work of Islamic militants, but suspicion is like
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jordan state in Indonesia in the 1950s and 1960s and survived a military defeat in the 1960s. JI has carried out more than 50 bombings in Indonesia since April 1999, according to the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, including the 2002 Bali bombings and similar attacks on the resort island in 2005 that killed 20. The group is also blamed for Christmas Eve 2000 bombings that targeted churches and priests, killing 19 people, and the August 2003 attack on the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta -- again struck on Friday -- that left 12 dead. A suicide car bomb outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta in Septemb
