13 Missing After Fishing Boat Sinks
From Times Wire Reports
Thirteen crew members from Mauritania, Portugal and Senegal were missing after their fishing boat sank off the coast of the West African nation of Mauritania. Thirteen other people from Portugal, Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea were rescued Saturday by a passing Spanish fishing boat. The Belizean-flagged Orca II sank Wednesday, apparently because of stormy weather, Portuguese radio reported.
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