Saturday, 17 August 2013
Two hundred missing in Philippine ferry disaster
CEBU: Philippine rescuers searched Saturday for more than 200 people missing after a ferry collided with a cargo ship in thick darkness and sank almost instantly, with 26 already confirmed dead.The St Thomas Aquinas ferry was carrying 870 passengers and crew when the accident occurred late on Friday night in calm waters near the port of Cebu, the Philippines' second biggest city, authorities said.Coastguard and military vessels, as well as local fishermen on their own small boats hauled more
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