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Urgent: Boat capsizes in eastern Indonesia, leaving at least 4 dead

Xinhua, December 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

Rescuers have recovered four bodies and are searching for scores of missing persons after a boat carrying nearly 100 people sank in waters off North Maluku province of eastern Indonesia on Thursday, Amiruddin, senior official of provincial disaster agency told Xinhua by phone. Endit