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CHINA-SHANGHAI-RESCUED FISHERMEN-RETURN (CN)

(Xinhua News Agency) Updated: 2012-12-27 16:01

CHINA-SHANGHAI-RESCUED FISHERMEN-RETURN (CN)

SHANGHAI, Aug. 31, 2012 (Xinhua) -- Rescued Chinese fishermen Li Bo (1st L) and Zhang Shunli (front) arrive at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, east China, Aug. 31, 2012. A group of fishermen rescued after two Chinese fishing boats capsized off the southern island of Jeju in the wake of Typhoon Bolaven earlier this week arrived in Shanghai on Friday. Of 18 crewmen from the wrecked fishing ships, 16 people will leave for Shanghai at 1:30 p.m. (local time) via a flight of China Eastern Airlines. The other two will temporarily stay in South Korea. The confirmed death toll from the incident stood at nine as of Friday morning, and six were still missing, spokesman Ko Chang-keon of the Seogwipo Coast Guard in Jeju told Xinhua. (Xinhua/Chen Fei)

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