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Friday January 18, 2013

Three dead in S. Korean fishing boat fire


TOKYO - Three people were dead and five missing Friday in a fishing boat fire in waters near islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing, Japan's coastguard said.

"We have been informed by South Korean officials that three people died and five are missing in a South Korean fisheries ship that caught fire in waters near Uotsuri island," a spokesman said, referring to an island in the East China Sea.

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