Philippine investigators opened an inquiry on Wednesday into a ferry disaster believed to have killed 800.
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/ 9 December 2004
Philippine rescuers were on Thursday frantically digging for more survivors after four people, including a toddler, were pulled alive from a building crushed by a landslide 11 days ago. More than 120 people trapped under the two-storey building near the north-eastern town of Real had been given up for dead days ago.
Survival saga not unprecedented
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/ 7 December 2004
Stunned residents picked their way through a wasteland of mud and rubble to leave storm-ravaged areas of the Philippines on Tuesday as the government said it has run out of money to pay for relief services. The damage bill is expected to run into billions of pesos in a country already strapped for cash.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?cg=BreakingNews-InternationalNews&ao=176103">1 400 dead or missing</a>