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Death toll from capsized ferry in Haiti hits 13
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A fisherman uses a branch to pull the body of a victim of a capsized boat to the shore in Gressier, Haiti, Monday, May 12,2008. An overloaded ferry carrying 100 people capsized off the coast of southern Haiti on May 10, 2008, killing at least 11 people, U.N. and Haitian authorities said.
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A capsized boat is seen off the shores of Gressier, Haiti, Monday, May 12, 2008. The overloaded boat carrying 100 people capsized off the coast of southern Haiti on May 10, 2008, killing at least 11 people, U.N. and Haitian authorities said.
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A man stands over the body of a man who died when his boat capsized, on the shores of Gressier, Haiti, Monday, May 12, 2008. An overloaded boat carrying 100 people capsized off the coast of southern Haiti, killing at least 11 people, U.N. and Haitian authorities said.
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People stand near the body of a man who died when his boat capsized, on the shores of Gressier, Haiti, Monday, May 12, 2008. An overloaded boat carrying 100 people capsized off the coast of southern Haiti, killing at least 11 people, U.N. and Haitian authorities said.
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The Associated Press
May 12, 2008 - 1:52 p.m.
A U.N. official says the bodies of two teenagers have been found near a capsized Haitian sailboat, raising the death toll to 13.

U.N. mission spokesman David Wimhurst says many passengers apparently swam the 150 yards to shore after the boat began taking on water. It is not known how many people are still missing.

The boat is believed to have been carrying at least 100 people, plus cargo along Haiti's southern peninsula to the capital when it tipped late Saturday night.

Bodies of 11 people were taken to a Port-au-Prince morgue on Sunday. Wimhurst said the bodies of a boy and a girl were found early Monday.

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