Italian Merchant Ship

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  Up to 700 Feared Dead After Migrant Boat Sinks Off Libya

  As many as 700 people were feared dead after a fishing boat packed with migrants capsized off the Libyan coast overnight, in what may be one of the worst disasters of the Mediterranean migrant crisis, officials said on Sunday.

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  Migrant Ship Headed for Italy Stopped by Power Loss

  An uncrewed merchant ship carrying 450 migrants has lost power as it headed towards the Italian coast and a helicopter has been sent to lower men on to the vessel, the air force said on Thursday.

• Turkish Cargo Ship Founders in Adriatic, 5 Missing

  A Turkish cargo ship has collided with another merchant vessel near an Italian port in the northern Adriatic, leaving five crew members missing in rough seas.

• Court rejects Italian marines' bail plea, extends remand

  A local court on Friday rejected the bail application of the two Italian marines of merchant ship 'Enrica Lexie', who have been charged with shooting dead two Indian fishermen off Kerala coast in February, and extended their judicial remand for another 14 days.

• Supreme Court allows conditional release of Italian ship

  The Enrica Lexie, an Italian merchant vessel will be allowed to leave Kerala and sail home. The Supreme Court today sanctioned the release of the ship which has been anchored at Kochi since two local fishermen were shot in February by marines who were guarding the Lexie.

• Fishermen killed: Kerala Police seize boxes from Italian ship, to be presented in court today

  A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Kerala police on Sunday seized four boxes of materials from the Italian merchant vessel Enrica Lexie to trace the weapons used by two marines, who allegedly shot dead two Indian fishermen.

• Indian fishermen killed: Italy to go to High Court against arrests

  Italy has strongly criticised the arrest of two of its navy personnel, who allegedly shot dead two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast last Wednesday. The marines have been sent to police custody till February 23. They will then be remanded to judicial custody for the next 11 days till March 5. The order was pronounced by a magistrate in Kollam d...

• Killing of fishermen cold-blooded murder: Chandy

  Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said firing by armed guards on-board an Italian merchant ship killing two Indian fishermen off the Kollam coast was "cold-blooded murder" and legal action would be taken against the crew of the merchant vessel responsible for the attack. "Strict legal action will certainly be taken against the guilty," he ...