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Myanmar

25 bodies found after ferry sinks

Searchers have recovered 25 bodies from a ferry that sank in central Myanmar and expect to find scores more corpses as workers begin raising the boat from the riverbed, officials said on Monday. A total of 154 people have been rescued since the boat sank early on Saturday on the Chindwin River about 70 kilometers north of the city of Monywa. Search teams scouring the river, who are now securing the boat with ropes so it can be hauled out by a crane, fear the death toll could go as high as more than 100.