China: Ship Carrying Hundreds Sinks in Yangtze

Rescue crews in central China continued Tuesday to search for survivors after a passenger ship carrying 450 people sank during a storm in the Yangtze River. The Xinhua news agency says only 12 people have been rescued and five bodies recovered so far. Heavy winds and rain are hampering efforts to find others. The People's Daily newspaper said via Twitter five more passengers have been located in the ship's cabin and that a rescue effort is under way. Earlier, a 65-year-old...

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