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Ship Capsizes Off Coast of Bahrain; At Least 57 Drowned
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=1197617:3919ACA Bahrain's
Information Minister Mohammed Abdul-Ghaffar says Britons, Filipinos,
Egyptians and South Africans were among the 130 people on board





A Bahraini search and rescue worker uses an axe to break into the
wreckage of a capsized cruise boat hauled near shore, while divers on
coast guard boats look on Friday, March 31, 2006Officials in Bahrain
say at least 57 people have drowned after a cruise ship capsized off
the coast of the Persian Gulf state.

Bahrain's Information Minister Mohammed Abdul-Ghaffar says Britons,
Filipinos, Egyptians and South Africans were among the 130 people on
board.

The ship went down less than 1.5 kilometers from the coast late
Thursday.

Bahrain's Coast Guard commander said at least 63 people have been
rescued and that the search and rescue mission was continuing.

U.S. helicopters and divers have joined Bahrain's rescue and recovery
efforts. Bahrain is home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet. Some
information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.


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