17 dead, 47 missing as immigrant boat sinks off Tunisia
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Seventeen would-be immigrants drowned and 47 were missing after a boat that was to have carried them across the Mediterranean broke up and sank off the Tunisian coast at the weekend, the Tunisian navy and eyewitnesses revealed.
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At least 20 migrants drowned when their boat split while sailing from Africa to Spain's Canary Islands, survivors told police Thursday.
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BANGKOK - At least 473 foreigners, including more than a dozen Canadians, were killed when the tsunami ripped through Thailand&#39;s southern tourist resorts, the country&#39;s government said Wednesday.
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Industrial boats from Europe and elsewhere have caused major fish populations to collapse in northwest Africaâs ocean floor, crippling coastal economies, and creating a surge of illegal migrants hoping to reach Europe.
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At least 47 African migrants die of hunger and thirst after their boats drift into Mauritanian waters.
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Fourteen people were killed and an unknown number were missing after a boat with a capacity for 150 passengers sank off the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, officials said on Sunday.
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At least 20 migrants drowned when their boat split while sailing from Africa to Spain's Canary Islands, survivors told police Thursday.Comment
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"At the moment we have 10 dead north Africans and five who are alive... two have been taken to hospital"  Ten north African immigrants trying to enter Spain were killed when their boat capsized near the Canary Islands on Friday, the coastguard and emergency services said. via Independent Online
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At least 17 people, mostly women and children, were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo when a passenger ferry sank on Lake Tanganyika, but around 120 people survived, a senior official said on Wednesday.
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Rescue teams converged on beaches and remote islands in search of the missing today as authorities reported that more than 430 people, including a number of foreign tourists, were killed and 4,100 injured when earthquake-spawned tidal waves devastated
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Rescuers have found the bodies of seven African migrants in a boat adrift in the Atlantic Ocean, while almost 50 others are missing from the vessel trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands, Spanish authorities said Thursday.
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A fishing boat capsized in rough seas in the Strait of Gibraltar on Wednesday, leaving three crew members dead and five missing, Spanish maritime rescue officials said.
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A bus plunged into a canal alongside the Nile River in southern Egypt on Monday, killing 17 passengers and the driver, the state MENA news agency reported.
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Rescuers have found the bodies of 13 Africans on a makeshift boat after a failed attempt to reach the Canary Islands, Spanish officials said.
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Scores of migrants who spent days at sea were missing and feared dead Sunday after their boat wrecked off Senegal's coast, the Red Cross said.
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About 50 African migrants are missing off the Canary Islands after their boat sank, survivors say.
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A small boat packed with Africans trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands capsized Friday in rough seas, leaving one person dead and 32 missing, authorities said.