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Dar es Salaam At least 136 bodies have been recovered from Tanzania's Lake Victoria after a ferry capsized, with dozens still missing, Transport Minister Isack Kamwelwe said on Friday. About a hundred people were rescued after the packed ferry, the MW Nyerere, capsized on Thursday afternoon, regional commissioner John Mongella said. Initial estimates showed that the~ferry was carrying more than 300 people between Bugolora and Ukara Island, but the exact number of passengers remains unknown. Expert divers had arrived on the scene from different parts of the country on Friday morning to speed up rescue operations, according to Mongella. page 4
