Dozens missing after ship capsizes in eastern Indonesia

Rescue workers were scouring Indonesian waters after a ship carrying 60 people capsized in stormy weather, killing at least two children and leaving dozens of people missing, a port official said today.

Rescue workers were scouring Indonesian waters after a ship carrying 60 people capsized in stormy weather, killing at least two children and leaving dozens of people missing, a port official said today.

Twenty-nine people wearing life vests were plucked from the sea by a passing oil tanker, after their boat was pounded by 13-foot waves on Tuesday night.

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