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5 Nov 2015

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Death toll in Pakistan factory collapse set to rise: official

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Lahore, Pakistan - Rescue crews resumed digging through the rubble of a collapsed factory in Pakistan Friday as officials said they expected to find at least two dozen more bodies, with the death toll standing at 23.  More than 100 survivors have already been pulled from the debris of the four-storey Rajput Polyester polythene bag factory near the Punjab provincial capital of Lahore after it came crashing down on Wednesday evening, trapping dozens of people inside.

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