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Urgent: 10 school children drowned in Laos' ferry accident

Xinhua, May 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

Ten school children are feared drowned in Laos after the boat they were traveling in capsized in a major tributary of the Mekong, the Nam Ngum river, in Pak-Ngum district, Vientiane Tuesday morning, local media reported.

It is believed the students were traveling by boat on their way to undertake examinations. Endi