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KOROR, Palau (AFP) — The crew of a Japanese trawler found capsized in remote Pacific waters have been located safe and well in the Philippines, the US Coast Guard said Thursday. The abandoned Gyotoku Maru No.1 was found drifting 350 kilometers (220 miles) southwest of Palau on Monday after it sent an SOS message. With no word on the fate of the seven-man crew — five Indonesians and two Japanese — a major international search effort was launched. […]
LUCKNOW, India (AFP) — At least 20 people died on Thursday when a boat packed with laborers capsized on the Yamuna river in northern India, an official said. Twenty bodies have been recovered, Dharam Pal Singh, additional magistrate of Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh state, told AFP. “It appears the boat was crowded beyond its capacity,” he said. “The incident happened early morning. It was a privately hired boat and was carrying some 50-55 people,” […]
