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Last Updated: Monday January 08 2007 12:35 GMT

Ferry survivors found in sea

Another group of survivors of the ferry disaster

A group of people have survived nine days adrift at sea after their ferry sank near Java in Indonesia.

A ship picked up 15 people who were in a life raft, but one of them died before they could get to land.

They were found about 250 miles away from where the ferry sank, and it's thought they had to live off rain water while they were at sea.

Of the 600 people who were on board the ferry when it went down, 250 survivors have been found so far.

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The 14 people who were found were all very weak, but some of them managed to sit up.

Because currents have carried survivors so far from where the ship sank, rescuers have had to search over a very big area.

Bad weather has held up the search, and lots of small boats haven't been able to go to sea.



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