January 17, 2010 7:39 PM

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Teacher drowned, five students missing in dragon boat mishap

In Malaysia, one teacher died and five students were still missing after their boat capsized off the resort island of Penang on Sunday morning. Police chief Ayub Yakob said 18 people were on the boat when strong undercurrents tipped it over as it made a turn. He said they were practising for a dragon boat competition to be held later in the year. Ayub said there were 15 young paddlers aged at least 17 years old, one teacher and two trainers in the boat. He said body of one male teacher has been fished out of the sea adding that most of the students swam to shore safely. Rescue teams are searching for the missing students.

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