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Published December 15, 2010, 12:00 AM

Rescue attempt


People clamber on the rocky shore on Christmas Island during a rescue attempt as a boat breaks up in the background Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. A wooden boat packed with dozens of asylum seekers smashed apart on cliff-side rocks in heavy seas off an Australian island Wednesday, sending some to their deaths in churning whitewater. (AP Photo/ABC)
Read the article: 27 asylum seekers die as boat sinks off Australia