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At least 35 killed as boat capsizes



Subject: At least 35 killed as boat capsizes in Burma

Subject: At least 35 killed as boat capsizes in Burma

    RANGOON, March 17 (Reuter) - At least 35 people were killed
when a triple-decker ferry boat capsized on the Irrawaddy River
in northern Burma during a sudden storm, officials said on
Monday.
    The boat, run by the Ministry of Transport's Inland Water
Transport (IWT), capsized on Saturday night while sailing from
Katha, about 800 miles (1,290 km) north of Rangoon, to Burma's
second city of Mandalay.
    State-run newspapers said on Monday that 502 passengers had
been rescued and the bodies of 28 men and seven women had been
recovered.
    An IWT official told Reuters that rescue workers were still
searching for bodies, adding that it was not known how many
passengers were on the boat when it capsized.
 REUTER