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(140804) -- KIVIOLI, Aug. 4, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Riders compete during the MAXXIS Quadcross European Championship held in Kivioli, Estonia on August 3, 2014. (Xinhua Photo/Sergei Stepanov)

A diver jumps into the Padma river in search of survivors near Mawa, Bangladesh where Pinak-6 - a launch capsized on Aug 4, 2014. The launch had 200 passengers on-board. (Photo: bdnews24/IANS)

(140804) -- YIWU, Aug. 4, 2014 (Xinhua) -- A bullet train runs for test in the Yiwu section of Hangzhou-Changsha high-speed railway in Yiwu City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Aug. 3, 2014. The 933-kilometer high-speed railway linking Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang, and Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, will be put into service at the end of this year. (Xinhua/Tan Jin) (ry)

(140804) -- MAWA, Aug. 4, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Bangladeshi rescuers search the location after a ferry accident on the Padma River in Munshiganj district, some 37 km from capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 4, 2014. A search operation is underway after a ferry carrying some 200 passengers sank on Monday in the middle of a river in Bangladesh's central Munshiganj district, police said. (Xinhua)

(140804) -- KABUL, Aug. 4, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Election workers count vote during the audit of the presidential run-off votes at an election commission warehouse in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 3, 2014. The UN mission in Afghanistan said late Sunday that presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has agreed to rejoin a controversial vote auditing after the process was delayed four times since it began on July 17. (Xinhua/Rahmin)

(140804) -- MAWA, Aug. 4, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Bangladeshi rescuers search the location after a ferry accident on the Padma River in Munshiganj district, some 37 km from capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 4, 2014. A search operation is underway after a ferry carrying some 200 passengers sank on Monday in the middle of a river in Bangladesh's central Munshiganj district, police said. (Xinhua)

(140804) -- MAWA, Aug. 4, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Bangladeshi rescuers search the location after a ferry accident on the Padma River in Munshiganj district, some 37 km from capital Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 4, 2014. A search operation is underway after a ferry carrying some 200 passengers sank on Monday in the middle of a river in Bangladesh's central Munshiganj district, police said. (Xinhua)

(140804) -- LAHORE, Aug. 4, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani people shout slogans during a rally against the Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip, in eastern Pakistan's Lahore on Aug. 3, 2014. (Xinhua/Sajjad) (zhf)

(140804) -- LAHORE, Aug. 4, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani leaders from various religious parties join hands and gesture towards supporters during a rally against the Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip, in eastern Pakistan's Lahore on Aug. 3, 2014. (Xinhua/Sajjad) (zhf)

A rescue vessel which was pressed into service to rescue Pinak-6 - a launch that sank in Padma river near Mawa, Bangladesh on Aug 4, 2014. The launch had 200 passengers on-board. (Photo: bdnews24/IANS)