Search continues for Indonesia ferry survivors

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REMBANG, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian navy ships have renewed efforts to reach survivors of a ferry disaster who spent a third night on the open sea as continuing rough weather hindered the search for hundreds still missing. "Navy ships are still searching now. We're still trying the best we can," Central Java navy commander Colonel Yan Simamora told AFP.

Fishermen and search and rescue teams have thus far found around 200 survivors following the sinking of the ferry off the coast of Java late Friday with some 600 on board, officials said. The ill-fated ferry was en route from Kumai on Borneo island to the Javanese port city of Semarang when it sank. Initial investigations showed bad weather was likely to blame. Eleven survivors and two bodies were brought in here before...