1.   A ferry with a bow door similar to the one on the doomed ferry Estonia was damaged while crossing the Baltic Sea, officials said Tuesday.

2.   Hundreds of relatives of passengers on the doomed ferry converged on the scene of the accident Saturday, some joining search operations with their fishing trawlers.

3.   The two companies that owned the doomed ferry Estonia announced Friday they will not sue the German shipyard that built the vessel.

4.   Kent Haerstedt and Sara Hedrenius met on the deck of the doomed ferry Estonia seconds before it began sinking and planned a dinner date -- if they survived.

5.   Ploompuu said her travelling companion from two weeks ago had taken the doomed ferry back to Stockholm and was believed to have drowned.

6.   Residents of Mwanza, which has a population of more than a million, said nearly everyone knew victims or had relatives on board the doomed ferry.