DHAKA, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 people have been killed and 18 still missing after a ferry capsized in the river of Sondha in Bangladesh's Barisal district, 169 km south of capital Dhaka, on Wednesday.
The district's police chief SM Aktaruzzaman told Xinhua that the ferry carrying scores of passengers sank at about 11:30 a.m. local time Wednesday .
""The bodies of two women, two children and eight men have already been recovered, "" said the official.
He said rescue efforts and a search for the missing are under way by the Fire Service and Civil Defence authorities.
The cause of the incident is attributed to the inclement weather conditions.
""At least 18 people are still missing as the small ferry capsized amid violent winds and huge waves,"" Aktaruzzaman said.
Ferry and boat disasters are common in Bangladesh, which is crisscrossed by about 250 rivers. Ferry is still a key means of transport in the country, most of them are often overcrowded.
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New York - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday he saw a widespread acceptance among major powers that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad should stay in office.
"I think today everyone has accepted that President Assad must remain so that we can combat the terrorists," Rouhani told CNN.
Iran and Russia are the key allies of Assad, who has faced Western demands that he step down amid a war that has killed more than 240,000 people and caused four million to flee.
But the United States has been hitting Islamic State extremists opposed to Assad Cheap T. J. Watt Jersey , with France on Sunday launching its first strike.
"In Syria, when our first objective is to drive out terrorists and combatting terrorists to defeat them, we have no solution other than to strengthen the central authority and the central government of that country as a central seat of power," said Rouhani James Conner Jersey , who is visiting New York for the UN General Assembly.
Iran's Shiite clerical regime has voiced concern over a future without Assad, a largely secular leader from the heterodox Alawite movement.
But Rouhani said he also saw a future role for opponents of Assad.
"As soon as this movement reaches the various levels of success and starts driving out the terrorists on a step-by-step basis, then other plans must be put into action so as to hear the voices of the opposition as well," Rouhani said.
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But Rouhani said that Iran was not in direct talks about Syria with the United States.
BEGRADE, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Around 1,000 people from Serbia and abroad attended the Belgrade Pride parade Sunday and voiced their support for the rights of the LGBT minority in this country.
The Belgrade Pride was successfully held here for the third time in its history T. J. Watt Jersey , with the heavy security measures implemented by police in city center which was completely blocked by several thousand police officers armed with anti-riot equipment.
Serbia's gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transsexuals walked peacefully from the government building to the parliament followed by their supporters, guests from former Yugoslavian countries Steelers Jerseys For Sale , region and other European countries, diplomats of several countries, Belgrade Mayor Sinisa Mali as well as 400 journalists.
Participants carried rainbow flags, blew whistles while alongside them a truck carried stereo system with loud music to which they danced during their march through the city streets.
Member of the organizing board of the Belgrade Pride Boban Stojanovic said that LGBT community demands that several laws get adopted such as those on same-sex relationships Cheap Steelers Jerseys , the legal status of transsexual people after they change sex, and appealed to authorities to provide them with better protection against violence.
"We fought for a long time to achieve this and we are happy because today this day came. There are no tensions or any organized violence or protests against this manifestation."
Stojanovic stressed that this year's pride parade was easier to organize than those before, and that the organizers have all the time been in contact with the police that secured the event.
Mayor of Belgrade Sinisa Mali said that the Pride makes Belgrade an open and a free city where people do not accept any discrimination.
"All communal services of Belgrade today work as one to help police in securing that everything takes place with no problems," Mali said in front of the government building.
Mali said that there had been much less security problems in organizing the Pride Joe Haden Steelers Jersey , that people got used to this event, but more government officials should come here next year.
"I know that PM (Aleksandar Vucic) is against this kind of events, but he had no objections on me coming here and feeling safe together with these people," Mali said Jon Bostic Steelers Jersey , adding that by organizing the Pride parade Serbia shows that it is a "different and a normal country".
Belgrade Pride is part of the Pride Week which started since September 14 and included discussions, lectures and cultural events that deal with LGBT population, and culminated in the march through the Belgrade's central streets.