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Sierra Leone Ferry Sunk

Category: Africa
Posted on: September 10, 2009 9:55 AM, by Greg Laden

More than 200 people remain missing in Sierra Leone a day after a boat capsized, killing at least 8, police said on Thursday.

Police official Ibrahim Samura said most of the passengers onboard were schoolchildren returning from holidays in the West African nation.

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The typical "third world" transport is overloaded. It could be a bike, a car, a truck, an airplane or a ferry. This is one of the greatest contrasts you see when you move from such a region to the US (and were not protected as a tourist often is) .... zillions of large cars driving around with one person per car is an astonishing site, if you are unaccustomed.

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