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Hundreds missing after ship sinks off western New Guinea
(South China Morning Post)
October 20, 1999
ASSOCIATED PRESS in Merauke, Indonesia
Updated at 2.10pm: Hundreds of passengers and crew are missing after a ship sank off the coast of western New Guinea, Indonesia's official Antara news agency reported on Wednesday.
Anatara said the KM Bimas Raya II sank in remote waters near Merauke, in southern Irian Jaya province, on Monday night.
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