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27 asylum seekers die as boat sinks off Australia
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-12-15 22:03
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 A boat laden with refugees is driven onto rocks at Christmas Island in this still image taken from video December 15, 2010. Twenty-seven asylum seekers have died and dozens may be missing after heavy waves smashed their timber boat onto rocks on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean off Australia on Wednesday, sinking the boat and throwing people into stormy seas.[Photo/Agencies] |
 A boat laden with refugees is driven onto rocks at Christmas Island in this still image taken from video December 15, 2010. [Photo/Agencies] |