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Ferry Sinks in Bangladesh; 24 Dead, More Missing
By not in system - AOL NewsDHAKA, Bangladesh -- A ferry carrying about 100 passengers capsized in a river in eastern Bangladesh on Thursday, leaving at least 24 people dead and scores feared missing, a police official said. Local police chief Jamil Ahmed said villagers and rescuers plucked 24 bodies from the River Meghna in Brahmanbaria and divers were looking for more. Many passengers were able to swim ashore, but the number of missing was unclear, he said. The ferry apparently went down after hitting the wreckage of another cargo ferry that sunk a few days ago, Ahmed said. He said police would investigate the ...
Movement for Happiness Launches in Britain
By not in system - AOL NewsLONDON -- Is there a science of happiness? A growing band of economists, politicians and academics thinks so -- and is putting theory into practice by starting a "mass movement for a happier society." Action for Happiness launched today in London, encouraging hugging, meditation and random acts of kindness. It is getting under way as the British government asks statisticians to measure the economically battered nation's well-being. The nonprofit group's founders include a former Downing Street policy chief, Tony Blair's biographer and an eminent economist. They say happiness -- long ...
Bangladesh Forces Nobel Laureate From Bank Post
By not in system - AOL NewsDHAKA, Bangladesh -- Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been forced from his position as head of the microfinance lender he founded, Grameen Bank, a central bank official said Wednesday. Yunus' firing caps a string of problems the outspoken activist has been facing, including a defamation suit by a local politician and allegations that he misappropriated Norweigian development funds. The microfinance industry that he created has also come under attack for placing onerous conditions on borrowers that led to suicides in neighboring India's Andhra Pradesh state last year. Bangladesh's central ...
Rape Victim, 14, Bled to Death After Public Flogging, Autopsy Finds
By not in system - AOL NewsA second autopsy showed that a 14-year-old rape victim who was publicly flogged for adultery bled to death, Bangladeshi officials said today. Hena Begum was sentenced under Islamic Sharia law to receive 100 lashes. She collapsed after enduring about 80 lashes. Her family took her to a hospital, where she died Jan. 31. Police have opened a murder investigation into the case, which has caused shock and outrage both in Bangladesh and abroad, the BBC said. Related Stories New Autopsy Ordered for Girl, 14, Who Died After Public Flogging Rape Victim, 14, Dies After ...
New Autopsy Ordered for Girl, 14, Who Died After Public Flogging
By not in system - AOL NewsThe body of a 14-year-old rape victim who died after being being publicly flogged has been exhumed so that a new autopsy can be conducted, news reports said today. Elders in her Bangladeshi village ordered that Hena Begum receive 100 lashes on a charge of adultery. She endured 80 lashes before she collapsed. Her family took her to a hospital, where she died. Related Stories Rape Victim, 14, Dies After Public Flogging in Bangladesh Hena, who was sentenced under Islamic Shariah law, was accused of having an affair with a 40-year-old married cousin, although her ...
Rape Victim, 14, Dies After Public Flogging in Bangladesh
By not in system - AOL NewsA 14-year-old Bangladeshi girl allegedly raped by a much older cousin has died after being publicly flogged for adultery, media reports said. Hena Begum was sentenced to receive 100 lashes by a village council made up of elders and Muslim clerics in the district of Shariatpur, about 35 miles from the capital, Dhaka, the BBC said today. She endured about 80 lashes before collapsing Monday, according to The Daily Star, a Bangladeshi newspaper. Her family took her to a hospital, where she died. "What sort of justice is this? My daughter has been beaten to death in the name of justice. If it ...
Bangladeshi Woman Dies a Month After Caning for Adultery
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsA Bangladeshi woman who was publicly caned for an alleged extramarital affair with her stepson has died, and police have arrested two people, according to media reports. Sufia Begum, 50, was sentenced by an Islamic court in her village in the northwest Rajshahi district, police told Agence France-Presse, and was whipped 40 times on Nov. 12. "She became seriously ill and was hospitalized after the caning, and she died last week," police chief Azizul Haq Sarker told AFP. A Muslim cleric and the woman who carried out the beating were arrested, AFP reported. The BBC said authorities are looking ...
Boat Capsizes in Bangladesh River, at Least 35 Die
By not in system - AOL NewsDHAKA, Bangladesh -- A boat packed with passengers capsized on a river in northeastern Bangladesh, and rescuers said at least 35 people died and 20 more were reported missing. The boat carrying about 80 people collided with a sand-laden cargo vessel in the darkness late Saturday on the River Surma, local government officials Abul Hashem and Matiur Rahman said. They spoke to The Associated Press by telephone from the scene of the accident in Sunamganj district, about 110 miles (175 kilometers) northeast of the capital, Dhaka. Some survivors swam to shore or were rescued by local villagers. ...
Suspect in UK Plots Is Linked to Cargo Bomb Terrorists
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (Nov. 3) -- A member of the terrorist group blamed for last week's failed cargo bomb plot was arrested in England earlier this year on suspicion of planning attacks in Britain, a top official revealed today. Although the arrest of that suspect -- identified by the Daily Mail as a former British Airways computer expert -- was announced in February, his links with al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, hadn't previously been made public. "An AQAP associate was arrested here earlier this year," U.K. Home Secretary Teresa May said in a speech to the London-based Royal United Services ...
Is the Next Global Food Crisis Now in the Making?
By Dave Thier - AOL News(July 17) -- Recent weeks have produced a series of grim and related headlines: Russia has declared a state of emergency because of drought in 12 regions, while in major wheat exporter Ukraine, severe flooding may depress crop yields. Dry conditions threaten Vietnamese rice production. The USDA has projected a disappointingly low Midwest harvest, and China has raised questions on the demand side by doubling its imports from Canada. Hoang Dinh Nam, AFP / Getty Images A farmer pulls off dying rice plants from a rice field in Ben Tre, Vietnam, earlier this month. Dry conditions are threatening ...
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