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Sunday, November 22, 2009 12:04 AM

Published 11/02/2009 by CNEWS


Boat sinks in Indian Ocean

SYDNEY, Australia - An Australian military plane dropped an inflatable life raft Monday to survivors clinging to wreckage of a boat that was carrying dozens of apparent asylum seekers when it sank in the Indian Ocean far from shore. Up to 11 were still missing, and one person...

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Fears held for 15 boat people as vessel sinks (...
At least 15 Sri Lankan asylum seekers are feared drowned after their rickety boat sank halfway to Australia, prompting a huge search and rescue effort which continued ... - [11/02/2009 - Yahoo! News Australia]
11 Missing After Boat Sinks Off Australia
SYDNEY (Nov. 2) - An Australian military plane dropped an inflatable life raft Monday to apparent asylum seekers clinging to wreckage of a boat that sank in the ... - [11/02/2009 - AOL]
Rescuers head to boat wreck off Australia
SYDNEY - An Australian military plane dropped an inflatable life raft Monday to dozens of apparent asylum seekers clinging to wreckage of a boat that sank in the ... - [11/02/2009 - MSNBC]
Boat carrying 40 sinks off Perth - [11/01/2009 - ABC Online]
Boat carrying 40 people reported sunk off Cocos... - [11/01/2009 - The Age]
Search under way after boat sinks off Perth - [11/01/2009 - Radio New Zealand]
Boat with 40 aboard sinks off Cocos Islands: radio - [11/01/2009 - France24 - Middle East]
Boat with 40 aboard sinks off Cocos Islands: radio - [11/01/2009 - France24 - Science]
Boat with 40 aboard sinks off Cocos Islands: radio - [11/01/2009 - France24 - france]
Boat with 40 aboard sinks off Cocos Islands: radio - [11/01/2009 - France24 - europe]
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...O Connor said. "At this stage, 11 people appear to be missing, and there are grave concerns for their safety" O Connor said in a...
Boat sinks in Indian Ocean [CNEWS - 11/02/2009]
...may be the case. "All the efforts right now are legitimately dedicated to attending to lives at risk at sea" Prime Minister Kevin...
Boat sinks in Indian Ocean [CNEWS - 11/02/2009]
...more survivors. "It's a fairly urgent task because there's still people in the water, and the weather is not fantastic" he told reporters
Boat sinks in Indian Ocean [CNEWS - 11/02/2009]

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