Ten dead, nine missing after ferryboat sinks on Amazon River in Brazil

Friday, February 22, 2008

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- A ferryboat carrying more than 100 passengers collided with a barge loaded with fuel tanks and sank to the bottom of the Amazon River on Thursday, officials said. At least 10 people died, and another nine were missing and feared dead.

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