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At least 22 Students Drown after Boat Sinks in Northern Sudan

by Reuters

   CAIRO, EGYPT --

   At least 22 students drowned on Wednesday when a boat carrying more
   than 40 people sank while crossing the Nile in northern Sudan, state
   news agency SUNA said.

   Civil defense forces were searching the waters for the missing
   passengers but had not recovered the bodies, the agency added. A female
   hospital employee also drowned.