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September 30, 2002, Chandigarh, India
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Ferry disaster toll may cross 700 Dakar, September 29 Prime Minister Mame Madior Boye said 63 persons among the 796 aboard the ill-fated Le Joola had survived the shipwreck on Thursday, but the chances of finding any more survivors were “slim” in one of the world’s worst maritime disasters. Boye’s office said in a statement late yesterday that the passengers included 20 from Guinea-Bissau, 10 from France, five Spaniards, two Belgians, two Dutch citizens, two Swiss, two Nigerians, one Lebanese and one from Burkina Faso.
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