71.   Paramedics and police converged on the downtown site in an attempt to rescue survivors who fled to building roofs, and clambered up buildings up to eight story high.

72.   Paramedics and police converged on the downtown site in an effort to rescue survivors who fled to building roofs, and clambered up buildings up to eight story high.

73.   Rescuers battled into the night to rescue survivors trapped in blazing office blocks after the huge truck bomb that devastated the centre of Colombo.

74.   Seven injured survivors were rescued on Friday.

75.   Several tug boats and private boats from the port of Progreso joined in rescuing the survivors, most of whom clung to the submerged hull of the ship.

76.   The Philippine military had said earlier that civilians reported that fishermen recovered the three bodies and rescued two survivors.