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TexasTowelie

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Thu Jul 2, 2015, 03:56 AM Jul 2015

36 dead, 19 missing, over 100 rescued as ferry capsizes in Philippines

Source: AP

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine coast guard says 36 people have died and 19 are missing after an inter-island ferry capsized in the central Philippines.

Coast guard spokesman Armand Balilo says 118 people have been rescued in Ormoc city on central Leyte island, where the ferry capsized Thursday.


Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/nation-world/world/article26034877.html



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36 dead, 19 missing, over 100 rescued as ferry capsizes in Philippines (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2015 OP
sad news. note to self - never take a ferry in the phillipines, they have a history msongs Jul 2015 #1
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