Corrupt construction cited in building collapse

? Shoddy materials, illegal construction and a culture of corruption were blamed Saturday for the deaths of more than three dozen people buried when a 12-story apartment building crumbled to the ground.

Six days after the collapse of the building in the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria, 35 bodies had been pulled from the rubble of the building, which was originally seven stories tall but had had five more added in recent years.

Alexandria’s governor, Gen. Adel Labib, said more bodies were still believed to be inside, all victims of Egypt’s worst building collapse in years.