Boston Globe

  Bangladesh fire services say at least 37 passengers have been killed and many others injured in a massive fire that swept through a crowded ferry on the southern Sugandha River DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A massive fire swept through a crowded river ferry in southern Bangladesh early Friday, leaving at least 37 dead and 72 injured, as passengers jumped off the vessel and swam to the shore, officials said. The blaze broke out around 3 a.m. on the MV Avijan-10 off the coast of Jhalokati district on the Sugandha River. The United News of Bangladesh news agency quoted fire officer Kamal Uddin as saying the ferry was carrying 800 passengers from Dhaka, the capital, to Barguna, nearly 250 kilometres (155 miles) to the south. Police officer Khalilur Rahman said 48 of the 72 people rescued were admitted to a government hospital with burns. At least 37 bodies have been recovered. The rescue mission is ongoing and the casualties are likely to go up, said fire officer Fazlul Haque. There was no wo...

  IMAGE SOURCE, REUTERS Image caption, The gold ring was described by the Israel Antiquities Authority as an "exquisite and rare find" A Roman-era gold ring bearing an image used by early Christians to symbolise Jesus has been found by archaeologists off Israel's Mediterranean coast. The Israel Antiquities Authority said the ring was set with a green gemstone carved with the figure of a shepherd boy carrying a sheep on his shoulders. In the Bible, Jesus describes himself as the "Good Shepherd". The ring was among a number of artefacts discovered in two shipwrecks near the ancient port of Caesarea. IMAGE SOURCE, ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY Image caption, The ships' cargoes and the remains of their wrecked hulls were found scattered in shallow water The other treasures include hundreds of silver and bronze Roman coins from the mid-3rd Century and a large hoard of silver coins from the early 14th Century, during the Mamluk period. Archaeologists also found Rom...