Twenty-eight survivors have been recovered from a passenger ferry that sank in in the central Philippines. More than 800 people are still missing and are feared dead after the ferry capsized in a typhoon that has killed scores and left a trail of destruction across the archipelago.
Sulpicio Lines, the owner of the MV Princess of Stars, revised up the number of people missing to 845 after discovering an extra 100 passengers on the ship's manifest. Meanwhile, Pope Benedict says he is praying for the victims of the disaster. The pontiff told pilgrims in St. Peter's Square that he learned with great emotion of the tragedy and expressed particular sorrow that many children are feared to be among the victims.
(Deutsche Welle)
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