S Korean workers set to leave joint factory zone

27 April AFP

South Korean workers were due to start returning yesterday from a jointly run industrial park in North Korea after Seoul announced a complete withdrawal following months of military tensions.

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Rescuers race to dig survivors out of Bangladesh rubble

27 April AFP

Exhausted rescuers raced yesterday to dig out dozens of people found alive in the rubble of a Bangladesh garment factory complex that caved in three days earlier as the death toll rose to 324. Police said they arrested two factory owners early yesterday as rescue workers pulled two survivors from the wreckage,

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Italy’s leftist Letta has new government in sight

27 April AFP

Italian leftist Enrico Letta was expected to reveal yesterday whether he has succeeded in uniting the eurozone heavyweight's feuding parties or needs more time to end a two-month political stalemate. The moderate Letta, who has led two days of consultations with the parties in a bid to form a coalition government,

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