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Murder Charges in Deadly Pakistan Factory Fire

Owner of the factory charged

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Police in Pakistan have filed murder charges against the owners of a factory where nearly 300 people died in a fire.

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik confirmed Thursday that 264 people were killed when a blaze ripped through a garment factory in the southern port city of Karachi.  Officials had earlier put the death toll from Tuesday's fire at 289.