31.   Nine people are killed after ferry sinks.

32.   Officials at Barisal confirmed that a ferry had sunk, but refused to give details.

33.   Six people were rescued after the ferry sank Thursday near the mouth of the Thi Vai river in Ba Ria Vung Tau province, a police official said.

34.   The double-decked MV Rajhangshi ferry sank late at night while most passengers were sleeping, officials said.

35.   The ferry sank within sight of shore, amid floating islands of water hyacinths.

36.   The inter-island ferry sank near Fortune island off Batangas province, navy spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Salvador Cuba said.

37.   The official Antara news agency reported on Sunday that Indonesians living in the coastal areas near where the ferry sank were avoiding eating fish after the accident.

38.   The report said that similar speculation about what was aboard the Estonia has existed since the ferry sank.

39.   The survivors told Habab the ferry sank because it was taking in water, possibly from a leak in its wooden hull.

40.   The two craft collided, and the ferry quickly sank, Giang said.