BIMA, Indonesia, Aug 18, 2014 (AFP) - Eight foreigners and five Indonesians were rescued Monday, two days after their tourist boat sank in a storm as it travelled between islands in the nation's east, a search official said.
"They were all found together, some in a lifeboat and some floating with their life jackets on around 60 miles (100 kilometres) off Sape," on the east of Sumbawa island, said rescue official Budiawan, who like many Indonesians goes by one name.
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