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11 die as six-storey building collapses in the old town


The upper half of a six-storey building at Shankhari Bazar in Dhaka tilts after its predawn collapse killed 11 people. Photo: The Daily Star
Update: 11 June 2004: death toll reaches 19.


Beneath the rubble. Photo: AFP


Mourning relatives. Photo: AP

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Ashcroft trying to fool Americans again


Employees at Capitol Hill, Washington, scramble for safety after being warned of a possible terrorist attack. It turned out to be a false alarm. Photo: AP

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Home coming


A freed Italian hostage clasps the face of his sister as he touches the Italian soil. He was kidnapped in Iraq and held for almost two months. Photo: AP