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In a message dated 97-03-17 01:07:15 EST, AOLNewsProfiles@xxxxxxx writes:

>Subj:	35 Die as Burma Ferry Sinks
>Date:	97-03-17 01:07:15 EST
>From:	AOLNewsProfiles@xxxxxxx
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><HTML><PRE><I>.c The Associated Press</I></PRE></HTML>
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>      RANGOON, Burma (AP) - At least 35 people drowned in the
>Irrawaddy River in northern Burma when a ferry sank, the
>state-owned New Light of Myanmar reported Monday.
>      Another 502 people were rescued from the state-owned
>triple-decker Pyi-gyi-mon, which sank Saturday night near
>Thabeikkyin, 415 miles north of Rangoon, the newspaper reported.
>Rescue efforts were continuing, it said.
>      The bodies of 35 victims had been recovered, it said.
>      The ferry was sailing up river from Mandalay about 150 miles
>north to Katha when it sank in a dust storm, the newspaper said.
>      The cause and other details were not available.
>      Transport Minister Lt. Gen. Thein Win, Deputy Health Minister
>Col. Than Zin and other officials went to the scene to comfort
>survivors, the newspaper said.
>      AP-NY-03-17-97 0104EST
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Associated
>Press.  The information 
>contained in the AP news report may not be published, 
>broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without 
>prior written authority of The Associated Press.<FONT COLOR="#000000
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>From:	AOLNewsProfiles@xxxxxxx
Date: 97-03-17 01:07:15 EST

<HTML><PRE><I>.c The Associated Press</I></PRE></HTML>

      RANGOON, Burma (AP) - At least 35 people drowned in the
Irrawaddy River in northern Burma when a ferry sank, the
state-owned New Light of Myanmar reported Monday.
      Another 502 people were rescued from the state-owned
triple-decker Pyi-gyi-mon, which sank Saturday night near
Thabeikkyin, 415 miles north of Rangoon, the newspaper reported.
Rescue efforts were continuing, it said.
      The bodies of 35 victims had been recovered, it said.
      The ferry was sailing up river from Mandalay about 150 miles
north to Katha when it sank in a dust storm, the newspaper said.
      The cause and other details were not available.
      Transport Minister Lt. Gen. Thein Win, Deputy Health Minister
Col. Than Zin and other officials went to the scene to comfort
survivors, the newspaper said.
      AP-NY-03-17-97 0104EST
      <HTML><PRE><I><FONT COLOR="#000000 SIZE=2>Copyright 1997 The Associated
Press.  The information 
contained in the AP news report may not be published, 
broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without 
prior written authority of The Associated Press.<FONT COLOR="#000000
SIZE=3></I></PRE></HTML>


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