Thursday, August 30, 2012

Asia - Voice of America: 22 Rescued After Boat Sinks Near Indonesia

Asia - Voice of America
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22 Rescued After Boat Sinks Near Indonesia
Aug 30th 2012, 10:34

An Australian Navy patrol boat has rescued 16 people and a merchant vessel pulled six others to safety after a boat carrying asylum seekers sank in the waters off Indonesia. Rescuers are still looking for another 128 people who were on board the boat Wednesday when someone made a distress call to Australian authorities and reported engine trouble. Many of those rescued Thursday spent more than a day in the water southwest of Java. Australian Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare says there ...

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