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Trio Missing Off Papua New Guinea Coast After Boat Capsizes
After a boat capsized off Papua New Guinea, four men went missing, out of which the fourth man was reportedly rescued on an isolated beach after scrawling "help" in the sand. The search for the other passengers from Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea is still in process.
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Boat with 150 asylum-seekers capsizes off Australia
A boat carrying some 150 asylum-seekers capsized off Christmas Island on Tuesday but the Australian navy saved most of them, rescuers said.
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One dead, 125 rescued from boat capsizing off Aussie isle
A crowded boat carrying asylum seekers to Australia capsized on Wednesday and 125 survivors and one body were recovered from the Indian Ocean, less than a week after more than 90 people drowned on a similar journey.
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Boat carrying 200 capsizes between Indonesia and Australia
A boat carrying about 200 suspected asylum seekers has capsized in Indonesian waters 120 nautical miles (220 km) north of Australia's Christmas Island, rescue officials said on Thursday.
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Ferry sinks off Papua New Guinea coast with 350 on board
Rescuers plucked more than 230 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea's east coast after a ferry sank Thursday with as many as 350 people on board, officials said. An airplane from Australia, three helicopters and eight ships scoured the area after the MV Rabaul Queen went down while traveling from Kimbe on the island of New Britain to the coa...
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Trio Missing Off Papua New Guinea Coast After Boat Capsizes
After a boat capsized off Papua New Guinea, four men went missing, out of which the fourth man was reportedly rescued on an isolated beach after scrawling "help" in the sand. The search for the other passengers from Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea is still in process.
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Boat with 150 asylum-seekers capsizes off Australia
A boat carrying some 150 asylum-seekers capsized off Christmas Island on Tuesday but the Australian navy saved most of them, rescuers said.
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One dead, 125 rescued from boat capsizing off Aussie isle
A crowded boat carrying asylum seekers to Australia capsized on Wednesday and 125 survivors and one body were recovered from the Indian Ocean, less than a week after more than 90 people drowned on a similar journey.
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Boat carrying 200 capsizes between Indonesia and Australia
A boat carrying about 200 suspected asylum seekers has capsized in Indonesian waters 120 nautical miles (220 km) north of Australia's Christmas Island, rescue officials said on Thursday.
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Ferry sinks off Papua New Guinea coast with 350 on board
Rescuers plucked more than 230 survivors from the sea off Papua New Guinea's east coast after a ferry sank Thursday with as many as 350 people on board, officials said. An airplane from Australia, three helicopters and eight ships scoured the area after the MV Rabaul Queen went down while traveling from Kimbe on the island of New Britain to the coa...
