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Ship sinks off Turkish coast, 10 missing

The Columbian
Published: January 30, 2012, 4:00pm

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An official says 10 Polish crew members are missing after a freighter ship sank off Turkey’s Black Sea coast.

Gov. Erol Ayyildiz says the Cambodia-flagged ship was sailing to Turkey’s Aliaga port from Russia when it sank off the coast of Eregli on Tuesday.

Ayyildiz said two crew members were rescued while coast guards were searching for 10 other crew members.

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