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August 6, 2015

More than 100 Feared Dead as Migrant Boat Capsizes in Mediterranean 
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In news from Europe, an overcrowded fishing boat carrying as many as 700
migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya
Wednesday. At least 25 people died, and as many as 100 more are feared
to have drowned, according to Italian officials. Human rights groups say
at least 2,000 migrants have died this year trying to cross the
Mediterranean to reach Europe.

 

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