Over 100 missing after illegal migrant boat sinks off B'desh

3 November CNN

As many as 130 people may have drowned off the coast of southern Bangladesh after a boat carrying passengers trying to illegally get into Malaysia sank in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladeshi authorities said Thursday.

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Ban on protests, a response to rising violence, says Bahrain

3 November CNN

Bahrain defended its decision to impose a ban on all public protests, following calls from rights group Amnesty International to lift it immediately as a breach of people's right to free speech.

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Huge Saturn storm keeps surprising scientists

3 November BBC

A massive storm that encircled Saturn nearly two years ago was even more powerful than scientists had thought, new research reveals. Observations by NASA's Cassini spacecraft which first detected the tempest in December 2010,

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Bananas could replace potatoes in warming world

3 November BBC

Climate change could lead to bananas becoming a critical food source for millions of people, a new report says. Researchers from the CGIAR agricultural partnership say the fruit might replace potatoes in some developing countries.

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