Cairo, Nov 25 (AP) Officials in Egypt say over a dozen people are missing after a tourist cruise vessel sank in the Red Sea.

The governor of the Red Sea region said Monday afternoon that authorities are searching for 17 people who went missing.

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Amr Hanafy said in a statement that rescuers saved 28 people from the sinking vessel off Marsa Alam city. (AP)

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