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Search launched for 12 fishermen missing off E China coast

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-01-20 21:57
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XIAMEN: Twelve fishermen are missing off China's east coast after their fishing boat capsized in an collision with a Panama-registered ship early Wednesday.

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The Xiamen maritime safety administration said in a statement that it received a report of a collision involving a local fishing boat and 36,592-tonne cargo ship "Curitiba" near Dongshan County, Fujian Province, at about 3:30 am.

The maritime authorities in Xiamen and neighboring Shantou had sent rescue ships and helicopters to search the area.
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