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Page last updated at 01:20 GMT, Tuesday, 8 September 2009 02:20 UK

Philippine ferry survivor lifted to safety

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A woman has been pulled to safety, 30 hours after a ferry sank off the southern Philippines.

Rescuers are still searching the area off the Zamboanga peninsula where the SuperFerry 9 went down at the weekend.

Emma North reports.

READ MORE: Dozens missing from sunken ferry

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