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The US Coast Guard plans to end its search after finding five people dead from a capsized boat off the coast of Florida, in which 39 people were reported missing, captain Jo-Ann Burdian announces at a press conference from Miami. The boat left Bimini in the Bahamas on Saturday and capsized after hitting rough seas 45 miles (65 kilometers) east of the city of Fort Pierce. SOUNDBITE
Rescue workers carry bodies lifted from the sunken sightseeing boat "Mermaid" in Budapest. IMAGES
Indonesian authorities on Thursday rescued at least 69 Rohingya refugees who had been at sea for weeks after their boat capsized a day earlier. The refugee group's wooden boat and another vessel trying to help them both capsized on Wednesday, with survivors estimating that around 150 Rohingya had been on board with dozens swept away. Rescuers had rushed to save the group of Rohingya after they spotted them in the water, stranded and holding onto an overturned boat off the coast of western Aceh province. IMAGES
The US Coast Guard holds a press conference and says that debris from the missing Titan submersible was found in an area that was approximately 1,600 feet from the wreck of the Titanic. SOUNDBITE
Images of the damaged boat which capsized on May 9 in the Shagari River in northwest Nigeria with some 40 children onboard. Fifteen children drowned and 25 others are still missing according to a local official. The children were on their way from Dundeji village in Sokoto State to collect firewood in the bush on the other side of Shagari river when their overloaded boat sank. IMAGES