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World in brief: March 15, 2024
Poland's main opposition leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, is questioned by a parliamentary commission at the parliament building, in Warsaw, Poland, March 15, 2024

TURKEY: A rubber dinghy carrying migrants sank off the northern Aegean coast today, killing at least 21 people.

Coastguard personnel rescued two people from the sea off the town of Eceabat in Canakkale province, while two others reached the shore by themselves and notified officials, Governor Ilhami Aktas said.

It was not clear how many people were on the boat when it sank and the coastguard was continuing to search the area, he said.

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