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Death toll from capsized Chinese vessel rises to 396


    JIANLI, China (Reuters) - The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship which capsized during a storm in the Yangtze River has reached 396, a government spokesman said on Saturday.

    Only 14 survivors, one of them the captain, have been found after the ship carrying 456 overturned in a freak tornado on Monday night.

    (Reporting by Megha Rajagopalan; Writing by Ben Blanchard)