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Day: January 3, 2016

Drowned toddler becomes first 2016 migrant casualty in the Aegean
3Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Drowned toddler becomes first 2016 migrant casualty in the Aegean

    A drowned two-year-old boy became the first known migrant casualty of the year on Saturday after the crowded dinghy he was travelling in slammed into rocks off Greece's Agathonisi island, the coastguard said. The other 39 passengers, including a woman who had fallen overboard, were rescued after local fishermen raised the alarm. Ten of the survivors were taken to hospital to be treated for hypothermia. The rubber vessel had set off from Turkey in the early morning in windy weather. The charity Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), which helps save migrants and refugees at sea, deployed its fast-rescue Responder boat to help bring the stranded passengers to safety in a joint operation with the Hellenic coastguard. The toddler's body was pulled out of the water by fishermen, ...
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Coal power loses steam
3Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Coal power loses steam

Sharier Khan: In the last six years, the Awami League government has made significant progress in the power sector virtually eliminating the phenomenon of load shedding. But this success may grind to a halt in the near future as the gov-ernment's new plans to build two dozen large coal power plants are going nowhere fast. In the last four years, the government rolled out plans and bids to build large coal fired power plants totalling 20 thousand megawatt capacity—which is almost three times the electricity available to the nation today. Coal is cheap and it was chosen as an alternative to natural gas for power generation. As gas resources are deplet-ing fast, the government wants one third of the country's power to be generated with coal by 2030. Out of these two dozen coal power projects,...
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Tory MP sleeps on boat in east London to avoid obscene house prices in capital
3Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Tory MP sleeps on boat in east London to avoid obscene house prices in capital

    Conservative MP Johnny Mercer Johnny Mercer, a former soldier in Afghanistan, uses his old army sleeping bag to stay warm - but insists he 'loves' the unusual set-up One of the Tory Party's rising stars has revealed how he is living on a boat in east London while attending Parliament to avoid "obscene" house prices in the capital. Johnny Mercer, a former solider in Afghanistan elected in May, decided to bring his boat up from the South coast and moor it near Canada Water rather than rent a flat. The set-up sees the 34-year-old survive without central heating or a shower but he says he prefers the reminder of family life to a hotel room. The choice will see the Plymouth Moor View MP claim just £2,400 a year in expenses for accommodation - far less than the £23,000 politicia...
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California twins born in two different years
3Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

California twins born in two different years

    Twin infants born just as New Year's Champagne corks were popping share the same parents, but different birth years. Maribel Valencia, of San Diego, California made it to a local hospital on Thursday just in time to give birth to a baby girl -- Jaelyn -- in the final seconds of 2015. Jaelyn's brother Luis was born about two minutes into 2016, local media reported. Maribel Valencia holds her newborn twins at the San Diego Kaiser Permanente Zion Medical Center in San Diego. "We were actually watching the clock," the pleased father -- also named Luis -- told the local NBC television station. "We wanted to see if we were one of the first ones" born in the new year. Both infants, who had not been expected to arrive until later this month, and their mother were reported to be do...
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Iran Divine Vengeance Warning To Saudi
3Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Iran Divine Vengeance Warning To Saudi

    Iran's supreme leader has said Saudi politicians will face "divine vengeance" over the execution of a prominent Shia cleric. Nimr Al-Nimr was put to death in Saudi Arabia along with 46 other prisoners on Saturday. It has threatened to further damage relations between the Sunni-ruled kingdom and its enemy Iran, which is a predominantly Shia nation. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said: "The unjustly spilled blood of this oppressed martyr will no doubt soon show its effect and divine vengeance will befall Saudi politicians." US officials have urged the Saudi government and other Middle Eastern leaders to "redouble efforts aimed at de-escalating tensions". Protesters in Iran's capital, Tehran, attacked the Saudi embassy with petrol bombs in the wake of the execut...
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