Russia: death toll reaches 100

People gather to commemorate the victims of the tourist boat "Bulgaria" disaster at the port of Kazan.

People gather to commemorate the victims of the tourist boat "Bulgaria" disaster at the port of Kazan.

Published Jul 13, 2011

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Moscow - The confirmed death toll in a Russian riverboat accident reached 100 on Wednesday after divers recovered more bodies from the sunken vessel, an Emergency Situations Ministry official said.

Twenty-nine of the 208 people believed to have been aboard the ageing, overcrowded boat when it sank in the Volga River on Sunday were still unaccounted for.

Officials say 79 people were rescued. - Reuters

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