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• Bangladesh building fire kills at least 70, toll could climb

  The death toll from a fire in a centuries-old area of the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, jumped dramatically to 70 on Thursday, a fire official said, and could keep climbing as fire fighters combed the wreckage of the destroyed building.
  
  

• Australia's former foreign minister Julie Bishop will not fight next election

  Australia's former foreign minister, Julie Bishop, will retire from politics at the next election due by May, following signs that the ruling government will retain power, she said on Thursday.
  
  

• Heavily armed foreigners arrested in Haiti sent to United States, officials say

  A heavily armed group of foreign nationals, who were arrested in Haiti on Sunday after days of massive anti-government protests, were handed over to U.S. authorities on Wednesday, Haitian and U.S. authorities said.