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Iranian ship runs aground in China's Yangtze River

BEIJING: An Iranian-registered cargo ship with 36 crew members aboard ran aground in the mouth of China's Yangtze River on Sunday and was at risk of capsizing, state media reported. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia

from Channel NewsAsia on Sun, Nov 01 2009

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