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Two Dutch tourists dead in S China ship collision

Two Dutch tourists were confirmed dead and nine other people were injured when a passenger ship collided with a coal-carrying vessel in waters off south China's Guangdong Province Thursday night, the local maritime authority said. The collision... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Fri, Nov 06 2009

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