40 Indonesians missing off Malaysia after boat sinks
Rescuers were searching for 40 missing Indonesians on Saturday after a boat carrying them home to celebrate Eid sank off Malaysia.
Two ships, four speedboats and two helicopters were dispatched to scour the seas off Malaysia's southern Johor state but were unable to spot any of those missing, an official with the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said.
The boat, thought to be carrying 44 passengers, sank in heavy seas Thursday night around 24km off the coast, he said, adding four people were rescued on Friday.
It is thought the Indonesians chose to travel on the boat because they were working illegally in Malaysia and wished to bypass border controls on their trip home.
Florida education goals violate civil rights
Florida was hit with a complaint filed with the US Department of Justice on Friday accusing it of race-based education goals that violate civil rights laws by setting "severely lower expectations" for black and Hispanic students. The Southern Poverty Law Center and Legal Aid Society of Florida's Palm Beach County jointly filed the complaint on behalf of public school children.
The complaint said the Florida Department of Education's recently adopted student achievement goals, under which Asians are expected to perform best and blacks the worst, "violate fundamental civil rights."
US diplomat kills man in car crash, leaves Kenya
Kenyan police said an American diplomat was speeding crossed the centre line in his SUV, and rammed into a full mini-bus, killing a man on Friday. US Embassy officials in Nairobi rushed the American and his family out of Kenya the next day, leaving the crash victims with no financial assistance to pay for a funeral, or for hospital bills of the eight or so others who were seriously injured.
Haji Lukindo was the family's only source of income.
UK lawmakers told not to rub statues' toes
Parliamentary officials in Britain want lawmakers to keep their hands off Margaret Thatcher's toes. Authorities were considering roping off statues of former prime ministers, including Thatcher and Winston Churchill, because they were suffering wear and tear from legislators rubbing their toes for luck. Members of Parliament traditionally touch the statues in the House of Commons lobby before entering the chamber.
Deputy House of Commons curator Melanie Unwin told Parliament's Works of Art Committee that statues of Thatcher, Churchill, Clement Attlee and David Lloyd George "are seriously under threat due to the tradition of touching the toes of the statues for good luck."
