Rescue mission for boat 'in trouble' off Australia

Jakarta : Indonesia | Jul 03, 2012 at 7:07 PM PDT

Source: Wellington Dominion

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The search for an asylum-seeker boat believed to be in distress south of Indonesia is ramping up...West Java and 200NM northwest of Christmas Island, inside Indonesia's search and rescue region. Wollongong was ''investigating a number of vessels in the area''. ''We have never had an exact location,''... FULL ARTICLE AT Wellington Dominion

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