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 Indonesian ferry carrying more than 200 people sinks
 Updated at: 1052 PST,  Sunday, November 22, 2009
 JAKARTA: A ferry carrying more than 200 people sank off Indonesia's Sumatra Island, possibly due to bad weather, police said Sunday.

"The ship's manifest listed 213 passengers and 13 crew members including the ship captain.

Right now, many of them are still floating in the water and we're trying to rescue them as quickly as possible," local police official Boy Herlambang told media.
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