| 45 die in Congo boat sinking |
26-07-2008 HKT 01:37 |
| At least 45 passengers have drowned and more than 100 are missing after their boat sank on the river Oubangui in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Rescue workers saved 25 passengers and recovered 45 bodies from the river, which runs along Congo's northern border with the Central African Republic. The barge was carrying 182 passengers from both countries when it hit a rock and sank. |
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