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Rescuers today pulled out 39 survivors and three dead from a passenger boat that sank in central Indonesia after being buffeted by high waves, and battled bad weather to try to reach scores of others still missing.

A ship carrying more than 100 passengers was adrift in rough seas off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi today, officials said, contradicting earlier media reports that the vessel had sunk.

Rescuers today pulled out 39 survivors and three dead from a passenger boat that sank in central Indonesia after being buffeted by high waves, and battled bad weather to try to reach scores of others still missing.

A ship carrying more than 100 passengers was adrift in rough seas off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi today, officials said, contradicting earlier media reports that the vessel had sunk.