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Death Toll In Thai Tourist Boat Sinking Rises To 41 As Search Efforts Continue

Thai officials said on Saturday that 15 people are still missing from the wreckage of a tourist boat that capsized and sunk on Thursday off the coast of Phuket island.

The death toll from the sinking of a tourist boat off the coast of Thailand's Phuket island continued to climb on Saturday with 15 people still missing, according to Thai officials.

Rescuers have recovered 41 bodies from the ocean after the boat

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