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(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) Rescue workers carry on to find missing dead bodies next to the wreckage of a boat after bringing it to shore in Bahrain Friday, March 31, 2006.
At least 57 people drowned and 13 were missing after a tourist boat taking passengers on a dinner cruise capsized off Bahrain, officials said on Friday.
57 Dead, Two Missing After Boat Capsizes
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By JIM KRANE, The Associated Press
Mar 31, 2006 4:46 PM (32 mins ago)
MANAMA, Bahrain -
Some crowded the dance floor on the upper deck while others dined on the deck below when the cruise boat, the Al-Dana, began a sharp turn and suddenly swayed.Passengers lost their balance and fell overboard as the craft turned over in the inky waters of the Persian Gulf."I fell to the floor, and then I slid into the sea," sa...
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