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Migrant ship sinks off Indonesia; over 200 missing

Rescuers battled high waves Sunday as they searched for 200 asylum seekers still missing after their wooden ship sank off Indonesia's main island of Java. So only 33 people have plucked from the choppy waters alive.

 

Survivors told authorities they had been trying to reach Australia, said Lt. Alwi Mudzakir, a maritime police official who was heading rescue operations. (AP)

 


פרסום ראשון: 12.18.11, 08:33