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CAMEROON
127 feared dead as ferry sinks
YAOUNDE -- Fishermen searched the seas off Cameroon yesterday for 127 persons feared dead after a ferry sank.
The boat was bound for the central African nation of Gabon from a town in Nigeria near Cameroon's border. First word of the accident came when fishermen found bodies floating off the port town of Kribi on Wednesday, an official said.
Survivors said 150 persons from Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast were on board, and 23 were rescued.
JAPAN
Japan's monthly loans to China shelved
TOKYO -- Japan said yesterday it was freezing its loans to China through the end of this month because of worsening relations between the two nations, which increasingly have become economic rivals.
Criticism is mounting in Japan that China's booming economy no longer needs the handouts. The two also are squabbling over natural resources and the bitter legacy of World War II.
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