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DHAKA: A fire in a crowded slum in Bangladesh's capital has burned or damaged 1,500 shanties, leaving thousands homeless, ...

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A massive fire has tore through one of the largest slums in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, destroying some 1,500 shanties and leaving thousands of people homeless.