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Agony for relatives as hopes end in China ship sinking
Relatives of passengers missing after a Chinese cruise ship capsized expressed agony and anger on Friday after an official admitted there is no hope of...
China river tragedy: Unrest grows as rescue mission turns to recovery effort
The Eastern Star’s top-deck cabins with smashed blue roofs jutted out of gray water Friday, after Chinese disaster teams righted the capsized river...
‘No chance’ of finding survivors after capsized Chinese ferry is righted
Rescue teams have finished righting a Chinese cruise ship that capsized on the Yangtze River but officials said there was no chance of finding anyone alive. So...
‘No possibility’ of survivors in China ship sinking: official
Authorities admit there is no hope for more survivors from a capsized Chinese cruise ship, as cranes on Friday slowly raised the sunken vessel with exhausted...
Chinese rescuers battle to right capsized ship as relatives mourn
Rescuers were battling to right a cruise ship that capsized in central China in a last-ditch attempt to find survivors on Thursday, as hundreds of people...
China rescue team begin work on refloating capsized Yangtze ferry
Chinese authorities will start refloating the overturned ship in the Yangtze river on Thursday so rescuers can “search for the missing persons in...
Death toll from capsized China ship rises to 65, families demand answers
The death toll from a cruise ship that capsized on China’s Yangtze River has risen to 65, state television has reported, as grieving families broke...
Chinese rescuers cut sunken ship’s hull in search for survivors
Rescuers on Wednesday started cutting through the hull of a capsized Chinese cruise ship, state media said, in a desperate effort to find survivors among...
26 dead, 14 rescued: Rescuers step up search for 416 missing on China ferry
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV says the bodies of 26 victims have been pulled from the wreckage of the ship and 14 people have survived, some of them by...
More than 400 people still missing from capsized Chinese cruise ship
Hopes dimmed Wednesday for the more than 400 people still trapped aboard a capsized river cruise ship that overturned in stormy weather about 36 hours...
Over 400 people still missing from capsized Chinese cruise ship
Hopes dimmed Wednesday of saving more than 400 people still trapped aboard a capsized river cruise ship that overturned in stormy weather about 36 hours...
China relatives hope for ‘miracle’ in race to find ship survivors
Relatives of more than 400 people missing after a cruise ship capsized on China’s Yangtze river were hoping for a “miracle” Wednesday,...
Over 400 still missing from capsised cruise ship in China
Hopes dimmed Wednesday for rescuing more than 400 people still trapped aboard a capsized river cruise ship that overturned in stormy weather about 36 hours...
Over 400 still missing from capsized cruise ship in China
Hopes dimmed Wednesday for rescuing more than 400 people still trapped aboard a capsized river cruise ship that overturned in stormy weather about 36 hours...
Rescuers race against clock to find survivors of China ship
Chinese rescuers were working through the night in a desperate race to find survivors from a capsized cruise ship, with more than 400 people still missing...
China tragedy: Divers search for survivors of overturned cruise ship
Divers racing to find survivors rescued a 65-year-old woman on Tuesday after the Chinese ship known in English as the Eastern Star sank with more than...
‘Cries for help’ heard from passengers trapped on capsized Chinese ferry
Rescuers say they have heard cries for help coming from within the hull of a ship that capsized on China’s Yangtze River with 458 people on board. The...
Some still alive inside capsised ship on China’s Yangtze River
Some passengers are still alive inside the hull of a passenger ship carrying 458 people, many of them elderly Chinese tourists, that capsised on the Yangtze...
Chinese passenger ship capsizes in Yangtze river with 458 onboard
A major rescue effort is under way after a boat carrying 458 passengers capsized on China’s Yangtze River. The Eastern Star ship is reported...
Chinese passenger ship with 458 aboard sinks in Yangtze river
A passenger ship carrying 458 people sank in the Hubei province section of China’s Yangtze River on Monday night, Xinhua news agency said, citing...
Developing: Boat with more than 400 people sinks in China’s Yangtze
passenger ship carrying more than 400 people sank on Monday night in China’s Yangtze River. The ship, named Dongfangzhixing, or Eastern Star,...
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