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At Least 43 Migrants Drown in Shipwreck off Tunisia, Red Crescent Says

Reuters

   TUNIS, TUNISIA - At least 43 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off
   Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy,
   while another 84 were rescued, humanitarian organization the Tunisian
   Red Crescent told Reuters on Saturday.

   The boat that set off from Zuwara, on Libya's northwest coast, included
   migrants from Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Bangladesh.

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