Angry South Korea families protest over slow ferry rescue

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DATE: April 20, 2014, 9:26 a.m.

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  1. Families of passengers on a sunken South Korean ferry have protested angrily over the rescue operation.
  3. Police stopped up to 100 people trying to leave Jindo island intending to march to the country's capital, Seoul.
  5. After more than three days, divers have now finally entered the ferry, retrieving 22 bodies and bringing the death toll to 54.
  7. However, another 248 people are still missing from the Sewol ferry, which sank on Wednesday.
  9. Some 174 passengers were rescued.
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