Indonesia: 15 dead, 15 missing as ferry sinks
Fifteen passengers were killed and 15 others were missing today after waves as high as 13ft sank a wooden ferry in eastern Indonesia.
Marine Private Iwan Widodo said rescue operations saved 29 of the 59 passengers after the boat went down off Halmahera island, in North Maluku province, 1,510 miles (2,430km) east of the capital, Jakarta, late yesterday.
