Rescuers plucked 22 survivors from the ocean on Thursday, more than a day after an asylum-seeker boat heading for Australia disappeared off the Indonesian coast with 150 people including children aboard. After Indonesia abandoned its search, six people were rescued overnight by a cargo ship and 16 more were pulled…
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