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Latest News Wires Bangladeshi survivor recovering after 17 days trapped in rubble

19-year-old Reshma Begum survived for over two weeks inside a collapsed garment factory that killed over 1,100 people.

By Farid Hossain and Julhas AlamThe Associated Press / May 11, 2013

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A seamstress who survived 17 days before being rescued from a collapsed garment factory building was panicked, dehydrated and suffering from insomnia as she recovered in a Bangladesh hospital Saturday, but was in generally good condition, according to her doctors.