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August 13, 2007
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Four drown in south Chinese coastal city

Beijing, Aug 13 (PTI) Four women drowned and one man went missing yesterday in the coastal city of Beihai in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local police said today.

The five people and seven others went to play at a beach around noon, but were stranded on an old embankment 500 metres into the sea after the tide rose.

They tried to swim to the shore but the 500-metre distance was too far away for them, said a young ...

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