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Security personnel walk past a car and ruins of machines destroyed by a fire at a textile factory in Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka
29 Jun 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Security personnel walk past a car and ruins of machines destroyed by a fire at a textile factory in Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka June 29, 2009. Textile workers set fire to the factory in Bangladesh on Monday in a third day of demonstrations for payment of wages, witnesses said. The workers were also protesting the deaths of two colleagues blamed on police firing over the weekend at a similar demonstration on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj (BANGLADESH)
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Firefighters and local residents try to extinguish a fire set by the workers of a textile factory in Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka June 29, 2009. Textile workers set fire ...


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