A 13-year-old boy is among the 110 passengers of the vessel to have been rescued, while the bodies of three men have been recovered.
It was also revealed none of the SriLankans found in the capsized boat and also added 90 casualities were Indonesians,the australian news reports.
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It was yet uncertain whether the boat that capsized en route to Australia originated from Sri Lanka.
The External Affairs Ministry said it was yet uncertain whether the boat that capsized en route to Australia originated from Sri Lanka.
Media reports yesterday mentioned that the boat carrying the asylum seekers to Australia had originated from Sri Lanka.
Ministry spokesman Sarath Dissanaike said there were conflicting reports about the nationalities on board. “We are not certain from where the boat originated while there are also conflicting reports whether Sri Lankans were on board. We are awaiting further details,” he said.
Mr. Dissanaike said the Sri Lankan embassy in Indonesian confirmed that no Sri Lankans were found among those rescued from the tragedy. | 
Australian authorities first received a distress call two days before an asylum-seeker vessel eventually capsized yesterday with the loss of up to 90 people.
Parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayaka of Sri Lanka main opposition United National Party (UNP) said yesterday that the UNP turned down a request from a former terrorist to contest the Northern Provincial Council elections under the party. [
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The entire world was asking Sri Lanka to give into the terrorists and avoid confrontation with them, but we chose to trust in the strength and courage of the country’s youth, President Mahinda Rajapaksa said. [
Trade unions, opposition parties and civil society organizations are gearing up to hold a massive protest on the 21st against the electricity tariff hike and the performance of the government. [
Deputy leader of the Vavuniya Municipal council M.M.Rathan stated by lighting lamps in the Wellamulliwaikal and Karaiyan Mulliwaikal people paid their respect to civilians killed in the final stage of war in year 2009. [
Students of Jaffna University commemorated death anniversary of people killed in the Mulliwaikal war. [
A woman attempted to commit suicide by jumping into a well with her 3 children in Vavuniya this morning. [
Man who has married mother and daughter of same family arrested. [
International community continuously hold debates on genocide attacks carried out by the racist government against Tamil’s in SriLanka. [
There is little doubt that in 2009 the government of Sri Lanka pulled off one of the nastiest episodes of mass killing since the Rwandan genocide – and got away with it. Tens of thousands of civilians were massacred, with barely a trickle of Syria-like imagery emerging from the battle zone, The Australian reported. [