Djibouti ship carrying over 300 sinks

A Djibouti-flagged ship carrying more than 300 people sank off the coast of the African country on Thursday, Al Jazeera television said.

A Djibouti-flagged ship carrying more than 300 people sank off the coast of the African country on Thursday, Al Jazeera television said.

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The television quoted its correspondent as saying that rescuers pulled out 70 bodies from the water so far, but that rescue operations would cease in the night.