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Death toll in capsizing tops 400 on Yangtze
Disaster teams hunted for dozens more missing as the Eastern Star capsized on the Yangtze near Wuhan with over 450 aboard. The death toll rose to 406, authorities said, as captains and first engineer were detained and search efforts expanded toward Shanghai.
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