1.   The capsizing of an overcrowded ferry on a nameless lagoon in the tropics, though scores may perish, is not.

2.   Overcrowded ferries are quite common in this part of Africa.

3.   An overcrowded ferry sank in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing four people, rebel leaders said.

4.   An overcrowded ferry that capsized on Lake Victoria was listing badly when it set sail, crammed with passengers who defied warnings to stay ashore, survivors said Wednesday.

5.   Buses fall into ravines and overcrowded ferries capsize in rivers with such regularity that they are hardly reported, even when dozens of people are killed.

6.   Buses fall into ravines and overcrowded ferries capsize in rivers with such regularity that they are hardly reported.

7.   Buses fall into ravines and overcrowded ferries capsize in rivers with such regularity that they are hardly reported, even when dozens are killed.

8.   But later reports said most of the passengers on the overcrowded ferry had been rescued.

9.   But later reports said most of the passengers on the overcrowded ferry were rescued.

10.   Overcrowded ferries are quite common in this part of Africa, since ship transport is usually more efficient than driving across badly maintained roads.