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Malaysian rescuers find fourth body; 36 still missing Malaysian rescuers found a fourth body at sea Monday as authorities said they may soon end the search for 36 other Indonesians missing after their boat sank on the way home to celebrate Eid al-Fitr.

06 August 2013

40 Indonesians missing off Malaysia after boat sinks Rescuers were searching for 40 Indonesians including women and children on Saturday after a boat carrying them home to celebrate the end of the Islamic fasting month sank off Malaysia.

04 August 2013

UN concern at Australia's PNG boatpeople plan The United Nations on Friday said it was "troubled" by Australia's decision to send asylum-seekers arriving by boat to Papua New Guinea given conditions there failed to adequately protect refugees.

26 July 2013

Australia's Abbott plans military solution to boatpeople Australia's conservative opposition unveiled plans Thursday for a military-led response to repel boatpeople, branding the problem a "national emergency".

25 July 2013

Indonesia searches for missing Australia-bound boatpeople Rescuers searched the seas off Indonesia's Java island Wednesday for possibly dozens of asylum-seekers missing after their Australia-bound boat sank, leaving at least three dead, with 157 saved.

24 July 2013

Australia closed to boatpeople: PM Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday announced that no more boatpeople will be resettled in Australia with all unauthorised arrivals to be sent to poverty-stricken Papua New Guinea.

20 July 2013

Spain seizes 17 tonnes of hashish on boat Spanish customs agents have intercepted a fishing boat carrying just over 17 tonnes of hashish in the Mediterranean and detained the ship's 14 crew members, all of them Egyptian nationals.

03 June 2013

Death toll from S. Korea typhoon climbs to 15 South Korean rescuers Wednesday resumed a search for 10 missing crewmen from two Chinese fishing boats as the confirmed death toll from a strong typhoon rose to 15.

29 August 2012

Kazakhstan border service's motor boat staved in at Caspian Sea On June 27 Naiza border service boat staved in when navigating the waters the Caspian Sea: press-secretary.

02 July 2012

Nazarbayev expressed condolences to Medvedev on Bulgaria boat tragedy Kazakhstan President found out about the crash “with a feeling of deep compassion.”

12 July 2011

Massimov expressed condolences to Putin on Bulgaria boat tragedy I send my sincere condolences to Head of the Government V.Putin and the families of the victims of the tragedy with Bulgaria boat: Massimov.

12 July 2011

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