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ST.( | THE BATTAli iWORLD [THE BATTALION 9 A Thursday, April 24, 2003 ion i« R esC u ers recover 132 bodies ^ ‘More bodies expected after Bangladesh ferry accidents lions or to have the' ipleted much sots g to a person invol nesday’s negotiac? oke on conditiot ty- uarterly loss wasee. By Parveen Ahmed THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) Rescue workers have recov- $6.68 per share, tjred more than 132 bodies after wo ferry boats capsized during topical storms on different st quarter. AnalysriBBangladesh rivers, and hundreds y Thomson FirstC )f people remained missing, cted a loss of $6.0i| authorities said Tuesday. Some 127 bodies, including hose of women and children, were recovered after a double- jecker ferry, MV Mitali, sank Monday in the Buriganga River utbreak. He alsos iear ^ ca Pd a l' Dhaka, the I prices and low I Shipping Ministry said. Earlier Monday, the ML Majlishpur ferry, carrying about )0 members of a wedding party, :apsized in the Meghna River, 50 miles northeast of Dhaka. Authorities said about 30 assengers swam ashore, but the , . .—thers were missing and feared id analysis way: , ead Five bodies were recov . :red by Tuesday, said Priyatosh Shah, a government administra- Poor s a ;or j n area _ th a loss of $1.5h 110.09 per share, $948 million, blamed the ills on weak tu caused by the , war in Iraq arc ed to results eadful.” old, it’s a perilous our success is far he said in a state® ue fell slightly toS om $4.16 billion a apany’s liquidity ard & ay that it believes 's unrestricted casl substantially’ when the company on. 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There was no immediate word of any progress, with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James kelly, leader of the American del ation, saying only, "No words today, thank you." But Secretary of State Colin owell set the bar low, saying no iroposals would be made dur- ng the meetings, which contin- je through Friday. “In this first set of meetings, lothing is being put on the able," Powell told CBS. "We'll )egin a set of discussions. They hear what we think about :he situation. : rance defends its opposition to war PARIS (AP) — France on Wednesday defended its opposi- :ion to the Iraq war, despite a ivarning from Secretary of State lolin Powell that Paris could ace consequences for its stance. Foreign Minister Dominique le Villepin said France would ontinue to uphold its princi- les. "Throughout the Iraq crisis, ranee, along with a very large najority of the international ommunity, acted in conformity ivith its convictions and its prin- iples to defend international aw," the Foreign Ministry quot- d de Villepin as saying. "It will continue to do so in all ircumstances," said de Villepin, jtoho was in Turkey and Jordan 'jon Wednesday en route to Iran. In an interview Tuesday on BS, Powell said France would face consequences for opposing the United States. "We have to look at all aspects of our relationship with France in light of this," Powell said on "The Charlie Rose Show." Cyprus border opens NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — For the first time in three decades, Greek and Turkish Cypriots crossed from one side of their war-divided island to the other Wednesday, a symbolic moment in efforts toward a peace settlement. Two days earlier, the Turkish side announced it was lifting its long-standing travel ban, a ges ture that came after it was blamed for quashing a U.N. peace deal. "I'm delighted," said Ahmet Osduran, the first Turkish Cypriot to cross the Greek Cypriot police checkpoint. He was going to visit lis old home on the other side of Nicosia for the first time "in so many years." The rescue work on the deadlier sinking was suspend ed after a new storm on Tuesday night that toppled many trees and electricity poles, plunging parts of the capital city into darkness. Rescue workers partially lift ed the sunken boat from the river bed and towed it closer to shore. Authorities have ordered another salvage ship to try to completely lift the boat, where many bodies are believed to be trapped inside. More than 200 people still were missing from that ferry. Survivors said the ferry’s crew ignored passengers’ pleas to return to shore as bad weath er approached. They said dark clouds enveloped the river when the storm hit. “We pleaded with the crew to turn and steer the boat closer to shore. But they ignored us and told us get back to our cab ins,” said Mohammad Iqbal.. Bangladesh media reports said the ferry was carrying up to 400 passengers, but some man- XNEPAf i 0 200 mi v, 1 _„„..Dhubfi INDIA MYAN. Cyclone hit villages killing 28 people SOURCE; ESRI aged to swim ashore. “The death toll is certain to rise,” said Selim Newaz Chowdhury, public relations officer at the Bangladesh Fire Brigade, which is conducting the rescue work. “No one really knows how many people were on board the ferry or how many of them survived.” Ferries in Bangladesh do not always keep a list of passengers, making it difficult to determine the exact number. In response to the two acci dents, the government banned nighttime travel by ferries and other river vessels during the April-May storm season, the Shipping Ministry said. 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