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Dhaka toll tops 800; fire strikes DHAKA, Bangladesh - A fire has raced through an 11-story building housing a garment factory and residential complex in Bangladesh's capital, killing at least eight people. Officials said the fire broke out late Wednesday. By early Thursday, firefighters had found eight people dead. They said the factory was on the first and second floors, while the uppers floors were used as a residential complex. The factory was closed during the accident. A police official and the owner of the factory were among the dead.

WASHINGTON - A former top diplomat in Libya yesterday delivered a riveting minute-by-minute account of the chaotic events during the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi last September, including details about a 2 a.m. call from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and confusion about the fate of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. Gregory Hicks, the deputy chief of mission who was in Tripoli, described for a House committee how a routine day on Sept. 11, 2012, quickly devolved as insurgents launched two nighttime attacks on the facility in eastern Libya, killing Stevens and three other Americans.

The Flyers are not in the playoffs for the first time since 2007, but 10 of their players and prospects will be playing in the IIHF World Championships, which start Saturday. In Saturday's first game, Jake Voracek, who led the Flyers with 22 goals this year, will help lead the Czech Republic against Belarus. Defenseman Erik Gustafsson, who played well in the latter stages of the Flyers' season, will compete for Sweden on Saturday, and prospect Marcel Noebels will play for Germany.