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Offline KKOB

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8 migrants drown off the coast of Fethiye
« on: January 04, 2020, 10:20:04 AM »
Eight people, including three women, died after a boat carrying 15 migrants sank off Turkey’s Aegean coast.

https://ahvalnews.com/refugees/eight-migrants-die-after-boat-sinks-turkish-coast
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Offline SteveJ

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Re: 8 migrants drown off the coast of Fethiye
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2020, 06:43:12 AM »
I don't understand why the news reporter feels the need to qualify the introduction by adding "including three women". Surely the tragic loss of eight lives is not diminished because five of them were men?
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