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47 missing after typhoon sinks fishing boats

Updated: 2013-09-30 10:44

(Xinhua)

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HAIKOU - Forty-seven people are missing after their fishing boats sank down in a typhoon in South China Sea, maritime authorities confirmed on Monday.

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