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Missing Hong Kong man found 10 days after boat disappeared near Borneo

Hongkonger Tommy Lam Wai-yin, 45, went missing along with three others after they set off for the Tip of Borneo on May 2.

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Police foil terror suspects' bid to leave Australia via boat to join IS

​Five would-be terrorists have been taken into custody by Australian police after allegedly hatching a plan to sail from Australia to Indonesia, and then join Islamic State (IS).

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500 migrants feared dead in Mediterranean tragedy: UN refugee agency

As many as 500 people may have lost their lives when a large ship went down in the Mediterranean Sea at an unknown location between Libya and Italy this weekend, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Wednesday.

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200 Somalia migrants may have drowned in Mediterranean Sea

Somalia's government said about 200 or more Somalis, many of them teenagers, may have drowned in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to cross illegally to Europe, when their boat capsized after leaving the Egyptian shore.

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5 dead, 5 missing in boat capsizal in India

At least five children were killed and five others went missing Sunday after a boat carrying 13 children capsized in eastern Indian state of Bihar, officials said.

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Indonesian authorities locates ship in distress in Sulawesi waters

The Indonesian authorities on Saturday located a ship in distress in Sulawesi waters and denied reports that the ship had capsized.

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10 killed, 8 missing after fishing boat capsizes off S. Korea

​Ten people were found dead while eight others were still missing, after a South Korean fishing boat capsized off the country's southern coast on Sunday, police said.

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14 Indonesians killed in capsized boat in Malaysian waters: ambassador

​Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Herman Prayitno said on Thursday that 14 Indonesian nationals were killed in a boat capsize incident off Malaysian coast of Selangor.

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Australian fisherman clings to his father's body to survive after boat capsizes

​An Australian fisherman has hung onto his father's body, a portable cooler and an emergency beacon after a wave capsized their boat off Brisbane, Australian authorities have said on Monday.

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At least 25 dead as migrant boat capsizes with hundreds onboard: Italian media

​At least 25 migrants died when their boat capsized off the Libyan coast on Wednesday with hundreds of people onboard, and some 400 have been rescued so far, Italian reports said.

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Myanmar navy rescues 102 more "boat people"

Myanmar navy has rescued 102 more " boat people" who are Bengalis, from an islet near Kawthoung, the country's southernmost Tanintharyi region, an official report said Tuesday.

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Myanmar gov't adopts policy to settle boat people crisis

​Myanmar's House of Nationalities ( upper house) has passed a motion to adopt a decisive policy for detained "boat people," sources with the parliament said Tuesday.

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UN, Myanmar vow to cooperate in tackling "boat people" issue

​The United Nations and Myanmar have vowed to cooperate in tackling "boat people" issue both nationally and regionally, said a statement of the UN published Wednesday following the temporary visit of UN Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Myanmar Vijay Nambiar to the camp in Rakhine state where rescued migrants were located.

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Nearly 700 migrants maybe dead at sea off Libyan coast: Italian media

Nearly 700 migrants are suspected to have died at sea when a packed boat capsized in international waters south of Italy's Sicily on Saturday night, local reports said on Sunday.

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Indian navy submarine collides with boat off Mumbai

An Indian navy submarine collided with a fishing boat off the coast of Mumbai Sunday evening, damaging the periscope of the warship, said local TV channel Times Now.

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10 Chinese missing in fishing boat collision off S. Korea

​A Chinese fishing boat collided with an unidentified cargo ship Thursday night in seas near South Korea 's southern resort island of Jeju, leaving 10 Chinese fishermen missing, the Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.

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Over 20 missing after boat sinks in China's Yangtze River

By Friday morning, rescuers have rescued three passengers on board a tug boat that sank on the Yangtze River in east China's Jiangsu Province on Thursday, and are still searching for more than 20 missing.