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Survivors at a makeshift care centre at Prigi beach in East Java, Indonesia. Picture: Lukman Bintoro
By Admin On Sunday, December 18th, 2011
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Asylum seekers left for dead in Indonesian boat tragedy

Survivors at a makeshift care centre at Prigi beach in East Java, Indonesia. Picture: Lukman Bintoro THE captain and crew of a stricken fishing boat put on life jackets and swam for their lives, leaving up to 200 More...

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By Admin On Saturday, December 17th, 2011
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Boat sinks off Java with 250 aboard

By Arlina Arshad | December 18, 2011   A heavily overloaded boat packed with about 250 Iranians and Afghans seeking new lives in Australia sank off Indonesia, with bad weather and high seas hampering rescue More...