Villagers Thursday found more bodies in a Bangladesh river where a packed ferry capsized earlier this week, raising the death toll to 117. The bodies surfaced after the double-deck ferry was salvaged and the rescue operation was called off, AP quoted local police chief Mohammad Shahabuddin Khan as saying. Rescuers had recovered 112 bodies Tuesday and Wednesday. At least another 12 people were still listed as missing, the area's government administrator Azizul Alam said. Local media, quoting relatives, put the number of missing higher. The ferry carrying about 200 people collided with a cargo boat and sank early Tuesday, sending scores of people into the Meghna River, just south of Dhaka. Khan said about 35 were rescued, and local media reported another 40 swam shore.
