At least 17 dead as flood rescue boat capsizes in Pakistan
Multan, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 14, 2014 - At least 17 people including a bridegroom and two children drowned Sunday when a rescue boat carrying a wedding party capsized in flood-hit central Pakistan, officials said. The boat, which was carrying at least 40 people, went down as it attempted to cross a swollen river in the Muzaffargarh district of central Punjab province, they said. "We have recovered more dead bodies. The death t ... more

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