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Two sailors found dead on Russian cargo ship in South Africa

11:42 27/10/2009

MOSCOW/ST. PETERSBURG, October 27 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian and a Ukrainian sailor have been found dead in South Africa on a cargo ship run by a St. Petersburg-based firm, a Russian online edition said on Tuesday.

The sailors were discovered dead in their cabins on board the Maltese-flagged Atlantic Eland. Investigators are looking into food poisoning as a possible cause, the Morskoi Bulleten (Maritime Bulletin) said.

Two other sailors from the ship, with a crew of 28 Russian and Ukrainian nationals, have been hospitalized.

A spokesman for Baltic Mercur, which owns the vessel, confirmed the deaths.

"Police and health officials are investigating," the official said.

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