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Hopes fade for survivors at Bangladesh disaster site

Agence France-PresseApril 28, 2013 03:00
Rescue teams at the site of a collapsed factory block in Bangladesh where 363 people have died called in heavy-lifting equipment on Sunday as hopes of finding more survivors faded. Four people were hauled out alive overnight more than 90 hours after the disaster, but the last feeble cries for help, still audible from inside the mountain of rubble early in the day, appeared to have ended.

Cranes called in at Bangladesh disaster site: fire chief

Agence France-PresseApril 28, 2013 01:00
Bangladesh rescue teams working at the site of a collapsed factory bloc have called in heavy-lifting equipment with hopes of finding more survivors fading, fire chief Ahmed Ali told AFP Sunday. "Apparently there is no more sign of life under the rubble," he said. "Together with the army we have decided to use heavy equipment like cranes to remove the debris and slabs vertically from mid-day today. "Our hope is that we may still find some people alive under the debris." sa-adp/mtp

French father perches on crane to regain access to son

February 17, 2013 12:46
A father denied access to his young son was perched atop a giant shipyard crane in the western French city of Nantes for a third day Sunday, vowing to stay put until a legal order was reversed. Serge Charnay mounted the yellow crane on Friday amid morning fog to highlight his case, unfurling a large banner that read: "Benoit, two years without a dad." Charnay has struggled to win back the right to see his son, born in 2006, after losing custody and all visiting rights when he was accused of kidnapping the boy.

UPDATE 7-Helicopter crashes into crane on London tower, kills two

January 16, 2013 17:45
* Crane on tower was shrouded in low cloud * Two dead including pilot, 12 others hurt * No indication of terrorism, police say * Crash in rush hour near MI6 headquarters, parliament By Michael Holden and Brenda Goh
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