الأحد، 22 أبريل 2012

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Over 70 asylum seekers detained in Indonesia after boat capsizes

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 11:49 PM PDT

MALANG, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- More than 70 asylum seekers from the Middle East have been detained by Indonesian authorities after their boat capsized on Friday night, officials said on Saturday.

The ill-fated boat was struck by a powerful wave two days after the vessel's engine broke down. Late on Friday night, locals from Wonogoro beach on the eastern coast of the island of Java said dozens of people were seen being washed up onto the shore.

Malang police chief Rinto Djatmono told the Jakarta Globe that 43 of the illegal immigrants, including three children and one woman, were located and questioned. On Saturday morning, another 30 people were detained, but several more are still believed to be missing and may have drowned. According to reports, up to 100 people were on board at the time of the accident.

Specific details about the accident, including the exact location, remain uncertain. It was also not immediately clear how far and how long the survivors had to swim before they reached the shore.

Earlier this month, Indonesian authorities rescued 120 asylum seekers, believed to be from Afghanistan and Iran, as their sinking boat was trying to reach Australia. The Singapore-registered MT Hermia tanker rescued the men and docked in the port city of Merak, located in the province of Banten in western Java, where the illegal immigrants initially refused to disembark as they wanted to continue to Australia.

Indonesia is commonly used as a transit region for asylum seekers trying to reach Australia illegally. Over 200 people are believed to have died in December 2011 when a boat carrying people mostly from Afghanistan and Iran sank in Indonesian waters. Only 47 people survived the incident.

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43 killed after trailer truck slams into bus in eastern Mexico

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 11:45 PM PDT

VERACRUZ, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- A passenger bus and a cargo truck collided on a highway in eastern Mexico on Friday morning, killing more than 40 people and leaving dozens more injured, officials said. It is the country's worst road accident in years.

The accident happened at around 5 a.m. local time when the rear trailer of a truck decoupled and slammed into an oncoming bus on the Alamo-El Potrero highway in the municipality of Alamo, which is located in the eastern state of Veracruz. The truck was transporting sorghum.

Local authorities said the passenger bus was carrying 70 passengers even though it had a capacity of only 60. The passengers were reported to be a group of agricultural laborers who were traveling toward Saltillo, the capital of Coahuila state.

The office of Veracruz Governor Javier Duarte confirmed 43 people were killed while 27 others were injured, including several who remained in a critical condition on Saturday. At least twelve of the workers were from Coatzacoalcos while the rest were from other areas of southern Veracruz, including Jaltipan, Acayucan and Paso del Toro.

In addition to the truck and the passenger bus, a third vehicle managed to avoid colliding with the bus but crashed into the tires of the rear trailer, which was in the middle of the road. It was not immediately clear if anyone was injured or killed in the third vehicle.

Veracruz governor Javier Duarte en his wife Karime Macias arrived at the scene of the accident and announced that they would fund the victims' medical expenses, as well as the transportation of the bodies. The state's Attorney General's Office, meanwhile, said investigations into the cause of the accident would be carried out by the federal government.

On April 12, six university students were killed when a trailer truck carrying 30 tons (60,000 pounds) of wheat slammed into a school bus on the Mexico City-Toluca highway in the municipality of Ocoyoacac, which borders Mexico City. Twenty-two others were injured in the accident, which involved a bus from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

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Dempsey Visits Jordan to Reaffirm Partnership

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 10:00 PM PDT

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff arrived in Amman, Jordan, to visit his Jordanian counterpart and to meet with officials at the U.S. Embassy.


President Pays Tribute to Wounded Warriors on Soldier Ride

Posted: 20 Apr 2012 10:00 PM PDT

President Barack Obama cheered for 22 wounded warriors taking part in a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride, calling it "one of the most inspiring events" to take place at the White House.


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