And borderguards in Bangladesh have seized more than 1000 tortoises and turtles that have been
smuggled
from India. They challenged two people on motorbike who sped off, dropping a sack full of the live animals. Wild life experts said the sack contain at least two endangerd species of tortoises. They think the animals were destined for east Asian countries.
BBC news.
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Several districts of Syria's biggest city Allepo have come under heavy bombardment. An armed rebel says the government offensive to flush them out. Ian Pannell has been in Allepo throughout the day.
叙利亚最大城市阿勒颇的几个地区均遭到炮弹轰击。一支武装叛军称,政府军努力一心将他们赶走。伊恩·潘内尔一整天都在阿勒颇观察局势。
I saw residents from burst light trying to get out, trucks loaded with families of three generations, grandparents, children, all crammed into vehicles and trying to head out into the countryside. From again first light, there was a sound of intensive artillery bombardment from far away from where we were staying. And that continued in different areas throughout the day, we saw helicopters overhead, we heard jet too. But it would probably be skirmishing and fighting which stuck out the most. There were already clashes between government forces and the armed opposition in many neighbourhood.