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3 Libya Evacuees Drown in Greek Waters

   VOA News  March 06, 2011
   Bangladeshi  immigrants  evacuated  from Libya are seen on the deck of
   the  ferry  'Ionian  King'  docked inside Souda port in Crete, Greece,
   March 6, 2011

Photo: AP

   Bangladeshi  immigrants  evacuated  from Libya are seen on the deck of
   the  ferry  'Ionian  King'  docked inside Souda port in Crete, Greece,
   March 6, 2011

   The  Greek  coast guard says at least three Bangladeshis drowned while
   trying to swim to shore from a ship moored at the island of Crete.
   Maritime  authorities said Sunday the incident happened in the port of
   Souda.   Another  16  people  are  missing  and  around  28  men  were
   hospitalized with hypothermia.
   The  men  are  believed  to  have  jumped  from a Greek ferry that had
   transported about a thousand evacuees from Libya.
   Ships  have been ferrying thousands of evacuees from Libya to Crete in
   recent  days,  mostly  migrant  workers  fleeing  the fighting between
   rebels and forces supporting the Moammar Gadhafi regime

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.
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