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Jan 30, 2008
15 dead, one missing in Shanghai boat collision: report
SHANGHAI - FIFTEEN people died and one was missing after two cargo vessels collided near Shanghai on Wednesday, causing one of them to sink, state media reported.

The collision occurred in pre-dawn darkness near the mouth of the Yangtze River, Xinhua news agency said.

One person was rescued, the agency reported, offering no other details on the circumstances of the collision. -- AFP

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