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Family of Auburn University student missing in Japan staying in country amid search

Rescue teams searched on Thursday for a 20-year-old Auburn University student who vanished during a family vacation in Japan. Anna Coren reports from Hong Kong.

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According to CBS News’s source item, Family of Auburn University student missing in Japan staying in country amid search, Rescue teams searched on Thursday for a 20-year-old Auburn University student who vanished during a family vacation in Japan. Anna Coren reports from Hong Kong.

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