(GEN) BOAT CARRYING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS SINKS OFF TURKEY, FOUR KILLED.BODRUM, Nov 6, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- A boat carrying illegal immigrants illegal immigrant n. an alien (non-citizen) who has entered the United States without government permission or stayed beyond the termination date of a visa. (See: alien) sank off Turkey's Aegean coast Thursday, killing at least four Palestinians, Turkish authorities said. After hearing illegal immigrants screaming for help in the sea 500 meters off the coast in Bodrum town of the Aegean province of Mugla, fisher boats rushed to rescue them, officials said. Coast guard boat and fisher boats rescued 10 illegal immigrants and four bodies were recovered. Three of the bodies were children. 10 illegal migrants were taken to hospitals in Bodrum. Coast guard and gendarmerie gen·dar·me·rie n. 1. A body of French gendarmes. 2. Slang A group of police officers. [French, from Old French, calvary, from gent d'armes, gendarme, teams are still searching the sea, but no more survivors found or bodies recovered yet, officials said. (T) (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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