May 5 Photo Brief: Derby winner, Sci-Fi London, Battle of the Queens
Derby winner Orb, pets dress up for Sci-Fi London, Battle of the Queens cow fight finals and more in today’s daily brief.
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- Runners jump over the water hazard in the men’s 3000 metre steeplechase during the Seiko Golden Grand Prix in Tokyo on May 5, 2013. Jairus Kipcho Birech of Kenya won the race in 8 minutes 15.26 seconds. (Toru Yamanaka/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Lightning strikes the sky over Kuwait City during a thunder storm early on May 5, 2013. (Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Two Herens cows lock horns during the qualification round of the annual “Battle of the Queens” cow fight finals in Aproz, in the western Alpine canton of Valais May 5, 2013. Each year when taken to the alpine pastures, the cows test their strength and fight for the herd’s leadership. The competition continues until a new queen has forced all the other cows to retreat. (Valentin Flauraud /Reuters)
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- Orb, with jockey Joel Rosario up, captures the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, on Saturday, May 4, 2013. (David Coyle/Lexington Herald-Leader/MCT)
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- A man lies on a school ground as he waits for news on his relative, a garment worker who is still missing after the collapse of the Rana Plaza building, in Savar, outside Dhaka May 5, 2013. The wife of a Bangladeshi garment worker who was killed when a building collapsed filed a murder complaint against the building’s owner on Sunday as the death toll from the country’s worst industrial disaster climbed to 622. (Stringer/Reuters)
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- Turkish riot police spray tear gas on protestors on May 5, 1013, during a demonstration against the government and on the anniversary of the execution of Denis Gezmis, one of the founders of the People’s Liberation army of Turkey (THKO) on Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul. (Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Macedonian Orthodox believers celebrate Easter in Saint-Jovan Bigorski monastery some 145 km west from the capital Skopje, early on May 5, 2013. The Macedonian Orthodox Church celebrated Easter, according to the Julian calendar. (Robert Atanasovski/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Nawaz Sharif (C), leader of political party Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N), addresses an election rally in Islamabad May 5, 2013. Pakistan’s general elections will be held on May 11. (Mian Khursheed/Reuters)
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- An Armstrong 17.72 inch muzzle loading 100-ton gun is fired during a historical re-enactment at the Fort Rinella coastal battery in Kalkara, outside Valletta, May 5, 2013. Fort Rinella was built by the British Royal Engineers in 1878 as part of a set of four equally designed coastal batteries in Gibraltar and Malta. (Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters)
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- Betty, a Teacup Chihuahua is dressed up as the character Princess Leia from the film Star Wars on May 5, 2013 in London, England. Enthusiasts gathered at the Picture House in Stratford to parade their dogs dressed up as famous Sci-Fi characters as part a London-wide event called Sci-Fi London. (Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images)
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- Missy, a Chorkie is dressed up as the character K-9 from the film and TV series Doctor Who on May 5, 2013 in London, England. Enthusiasts gathered at the Picture House in Stratford to parade their dogs dressed up as famous Sci-Fi characters as part a London-wide event called Sci-Fi London. (Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images)
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- Harry, a Pug is dressed up as Leeloo from the film The Fifth Element on May 5, 2013 in London, England. Enthusiasts gathered at the Picture House in Stratford to parade their dogs dressed up as famous Sci-Fi characters as part a London-wide event called Sci-Fi London. (Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images)
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- Harvey, a long-haired Chihuahua is dressed up as the character Darth Vader from the film Star Wars on May 5, 2013 in London, England. Enthusiasts gathered at the Picture House in Stratford to parade their dogs dressed up as famous Sci-Fi characters as part a London-wide event called Sci-Fi London. (Jordan Mansfield/Getty Images)
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- A couple dressed as a bride and groom take part in the Maldon Mud Race on May 05, 2013 in Maldon, Essex. The race originated in 1973 and involves competitors racing around a course on the mudbanks of the river Blackwater at low tide. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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- Sculptures of the installation “Karl Marx” made of 500 figures featuring the communist icon stand in front of the landmark Porta Nigra in Marx’ native town Trier, southwestern Germany on May 5 , 2013. The installation by German artist Ottmar Hoerl is on display as part of the exhibition “Icon Karl Marx” hosted at the City museum Simeonsstift on the occasion of the 130th anniversary of the death of Karl Marx. (Thomas Wieck/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A dog jumps in a well in Berlin, on May 5, 2013. Meteorologists forecast temperatures around 25 degrees for the coming week in Germany. (Hannibal Hanschke/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Members of the swimming club known as the Bondi Icebergs react as they hold blocks of ice during the launch of their winter swimming season at Sydney’s Bondi Beach May 5, 2013. The annual event involves members of the Bondi swimming club holding blocks of ice as they jump into their salt-water pool. (David Gray/Reuters)
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Death toll in Bangladesh building collapse climbs to 622
Serajul Quadir and Ruma Paul | Reuters
9:03 a.m. EDT, May 5, 2013
DHAKA (Reuters) – The wife of a Bangladeshi garment worker who was killed when a building collapsed filed a murder complaint against the building’s owner on Sunday as the death toll from the country’s worst industrial disaster climbed to 622.
Murder complaints were also filed against the owner of one of the garment factories inside the building and a municipal engineer in the suburb of the capital, Dhaka, where the factory was located.
The owner of the Rana Plaza building, Mohammed Sohel Rana, was arrested after a four-day hunt as he appeared to be trying to flee across the border to India.
He is one of nine people being held in connection with the April 24 disaster, which the government has blamed on the building’s faulty, illegal construction.
Rana and the others in police custody could face the death penalty if found guilty of murder or mass manslaughter.
None of the accused has commented publicly on the accusation that they were to blame.
Hundreds of relatives gathered at the site of the disaster on Sunday, some holding up photographs of family members. A teenage girl broke down in tears when she recognized the body of her mother by her dress, after she was brought from the ruins.
In all, 53 bodies were recovered on Sunday and rescue workers said they could see more trapped in the rubble. The smell of decomposing bodies hung in the air.
Authorities have found it increasingly difficult to identify bodies and are using ID cards found on them or even their mobile phones to do so.
Rana appeared in court on Monday last week dressed in a helmet and bullet-proof jacket, in front of a crowd of protesters demanding he be hanged. He is a local leader of the ruling Awami League’s youth front.
The woman who lodged the murder case against Rana said her husband had been forced to go to work in his factory in the building despite huge cracks appearing in the walls a day before it collapsed, a lawyer said.
“If they are found guilty of these killings they will get the highest punishment – capital punishment,” said Abdul Huq, a lawyer working at the court where the cases were lodged.
The government has blamed the owners and builders of the eight-storey complex for using shoddy building materials, including substandard rods, bricks and cement, and not obtaining the necessary clearances.
The poor construction meant the building was unable to support the generators running inside, the Export Promotion Bureau, a wing of the Commerce Ministry, said in a report.
The bureau has recommended paying compensation to the victims’ families and inspecting the safety of other factories, a senior official with knowledge of the report told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
The disaster, believed to have been triggered when the generators were started up during a blackout, put the spotlight on Western retailers who use the impoverished South Asian nation as a source of cheap goods.
About 4 million people work in Bangladesh’s garment industry, making it the world’s second-largest apparel exporter after China. Some earn as little as $38 a month, conditions Pope Francis has compared to “slave labor”.
Mohammad Atiqul Islam, president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, told Reuters the Pope did not know the full picture and his group would send a letter to the Vatican describing conditions in Bangladeshi factories.
(Writing by Matthias Williams; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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