Rescue bid as refugee boat capsizes off Indonesia

Scores of people are feared drowned after a boat believed to be carrying about 200 asylum seekers capsized south of Indonesia.

Rescue bid as refugee boat capsizes off Indonesia
Thu, 21 Jun, 2012 - 14:33

Scores of people are feared drowned after a boat believed to be carrying about 200 asylum seekers capsized south of Indonesia.

A report said 73 survivors were rescued by Australian ships.

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