31.   Seven hundred passengers were rescued from a burning Philippine ferry early Thursday after a fire broke out on the upper deck, officials said.

32.   Snowstorms and landslides on Saturday hampered soldiers trying to reach a mountain tunnel to rescue passengers trapped by an avalanche five days ago.

33.   Some passengers were rescued by a team of Mobile Oil workers on a nearby oil platform.

34.   The plane was located Sunday, and two passengers were rescued immediately.

35.   The other passengers were rescued immediately after the accident on Tuesday.

36.   The technicians were finally able to manually pull the tram to near the mountaintop station, and firefighters rescued the passengers using a ladder, Veiga said.

37.   Twenty one naval sailors were killed when they tried to rescue the passengers on board the seized ferry.

38.   Three more passengers were rescued early Monday, officials said.

39.   Two days later, a Chinese fishing boat rescued five passengers who were drifting in waters near the tiny Philippine island of Mapun, the Philippine Information Agency said.

40.   Three more passengers were rescued early Monday, Pashynskyi said.