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Migrant boat capsizes off Australia's Christmas Island

Australia: A boat carrying about 150 suspected asylum seekers has capsized off Australia's Christmas Island with several casualties reported.

The Australian border agency said four bodies had been found and 144 survivors had been picked up by navy ships, 130km from the shore.

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