Rescuers clear rubble as they search for victims after a school building collapsed in East Java. Photo: AP PHOTO

The death toll after the collapse of an Islamic boarding school building in Indonesia has risen to 36, the country's disaster mitigation agency says.

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Efforts continued for a seventh day to search for the bodies of 27 students still declared missing - mostly teenage boys from the ages of 13 to 19 - trapped under the rubble, the agency said.

Indonesian rescue crews are expected to finish clearing debris on Monday. (EPA PHOTO)

Cranes were deployed to excavate debris and se

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