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EIGHT CHILDREN DIE IN BOAT ACCIDENT

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Eight children have drowned in a boat accident in India

Wednesday November 4,2009

At least eight children drowned when a boat carrying at least 35 students capsized in southern India.

Rescue workers were searching for the other children and their fate was not immediately known, a local police official said.

The cause of the accident is not known.

The accident occurred on the Chaliyar river in the Malappuram district of Kerala state, more than 1,300 miles south of New Delhi.

Kerala is a popular tourist destination for both Indians and foreigners.

Boat accidents are common in India, where many vessels are unsafe and overloaded.

Last month more than 40 tourists drowned in Kerala after the double-decker boat in which they were travelling capsized in a reservoir.


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