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A boat carrying dozens of asylum seekers sank off the coast of Indonesia's main island of Java on Friday, killing at least 21 people, an official said.

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A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's main island of Java and was felt hundreds of kilometers away in the capital, Jakarta, but no major damage was reported.

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Rescue authorities have given up hope of finding any survivors after an asylum seeker boat carrying at least 55 people to Australia capsized in the Indian Ocean.

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The captain of a merchant ship bound for Singapore changed course for Australia this week for fear that desperate asylum seekers he had rescued in Indonesian waters would attack his crew, an official said Thursday.

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Australian rescuers were trying to help a migrant-filled boat in bad weather and rough seas off Indonesia on Wednesday, a day after the countries agreed to strengthen maritime ties to combat people smuggling.

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A search continued Friday for scores of men missing after a steel-hull fishing boat carrying about 200 suspected asylum seekers bound for Australia capsized in heavy seas south of Indonesia.

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Rescuers searched for survivors Sunday after a wooden ship carrying about 250 asylum seekers, many of them from the Middle East, sank off Indonesia's main island of Java. Only 33 people have been rescued so far, an official said.

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An asylum seeker boat carrying 94 people has been intercepted off Australian coast, federal Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor confirmed on Tuesday.

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 Two boats carrying 126 asylum seekers had been intercepted by Australian authorities overnight, federal Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor confirmed on Friday.

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 A report on Tuesday night unveiled the full extent of despair and unrest inside Australia's immigration detention network, showing 1,507 detainees hospitalized in the first six months of this year.

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A boat carrying dozens of asylum seekers sank off the coast of Indonesia's main island of Java on Friday, killing at least 21 people, an official said.

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Rescue authorities have given up hope of finding any survivors after an asylum seeker boat carrying at least 55 people to Australia capsized in the Indian Ocean.

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Australian rescuers were trying to help a migrant-filled boat in bad weather and rough seas off Indonesia on Wednesday, a day after the countries agreed to strengthen maritime ties to combat people smuggling.

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Rescuers searched for survivors Sunday after a wooden ship carrying about 250 asylum seekers, many of them from the Middle East, sank off Indonesia's main island of Java. Only 33 people have been rescued so far, an official said.

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An asylum seeker boat carrying 94 people has been intercepted off Australian coast, federal Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor confirmed on Tuesday.

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 Two boats carrying 126 asylum seekers had been intercepted by Australian authorities overnight, federal Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor confirmed on Friday.

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 A report on Tuesday night unveiled the full extent of despair and unrest inside Australia's immigration detention network, showing 1,507 detainees hospitalized in the first six months of this year.

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