Bangladesh Toll Passes 600

Bangladesh officials have now pulled more than 600 bodies from the rubble of the garment factory that collapsed last month, with the official death toll now standing at 610. The collapse now stands as one of the worst industrial accidents ever, reports the AP, and the final body count is still anybody's guess, with the stench of decomposing bodies still overwhelming the scene. More than 200 bodies have been recovered since Wednesday alone.

Compounding the tragedy is the architect who designed the Rana Plaza, who tells the AP today that the building was never meant to handle commercial equipment, much less the three floors that were illegally added. "We designed the building to have three stories for shops and another two for offices. I don't know how the additional floors were added and how factories were allowed on the top floors," he said. Government officials are also blaming substandard building materials. An engineer who helped add the three illegal floors has been charged. (More Mohammed Sohel Rana stories.)