Jamaica Gleaner
Published: Friday | August 7, 2009
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Ferry goes down, dozens feared dead
Tonga (AP): Dozens are missing and feared dead. Police say a ferry operator listed 96 people as aboard the Princess Ashika when it went down around midnight Wednesday, about 55 miles (85 kilometers) northeast of Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa.

Clinton, Haitians to meet
MIAMI (CMC):Former United States President Bill Clinton will this weekend have a "heart-to-heart" talk with Haitians in South Florida, the organisers of a four-day conference on Haiti said yesterday.

Swine flu vaccine soon to be available
LONDON (AP): The World Health Organisation says vaccine manufacturers are on track to start delivering the first batches of swine flu vaccine in September. Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO's vaccine director, says several drugmakers have started testing the vaccine...


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