DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh said on Tuesday a fire that killed 111 textile workers was sabotage as protesters took to the streets for a second day and garment factori es across the world's second biggest clothes exporter stopped work to mourn the dead. The country's worst-ever industrial blaze broke out on Saturday and consumed a multi-storey building of a Tazreen Fashions factory. More than 150 workers were injured. … GI returns to Fort Meade for pretrial hearing in WikiLeaks case; seeks dismissal of charges
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Analysis: Despite 2011 disaster, pro-nuclear party could win power in Japan
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Bangladeshis mourn garment-fire dead, plan more protests over poor worker safety
DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladesh held a day of mourning Tuesday for the 112 people killed in a weekend garment fire, and labour groups planned more protests to demand better worker safety in an industry notorious for operating in firetraps.
Japan's prospective PM keeps up calls for bold BOJ stimulus
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan's opposition leader and likely next premier, Shinzo Abe, kept up his rhetoric on Tuesday for bolder monetary and fiscal stimulus, warning that the country cannot restore fiscal health unless it beats deflation. Abe, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) that is tipped to win next month's election, stressed that overcoming deflation was crucial not just to revive growth but also to fix Japan's fiscal health. Tax revenues would not increase, he said, unless companies and households started spending more in the belief that prices would rise in the future. … 
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