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The toll from a ship that capsized on China's Yangtze river has risen to 97, the transport ministry said on Friday.
Xu Chengguang, the ministry's spokesman, said at a press conference that 97 bodies have been retrieved from the ship - The Eastern Star - carrying 456 people which capsized in a tornado on the night of June 1, Xinhua news agency reported.
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One side of the ship was rolled above water earlier.
The side that has emerged shows "Eastern Star" in Chinese on the hull.
