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Mediterranean Rescuers Save 550 Migrants At Sea, Recover Five Bodies
About 550 migrants, most of them from West Africa, were pulled to safety from boats in the Mediterranean on Monday in five operations during which rescuers also recovered five dead bodies, Italy's coast guard said.
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50 Women, Hundreds Rescued at Sea: Libya Coastguard
The Libyan coastguard said it rescued 215 migrants Sunday from two boats in the Mediterranean, including more than 50 women, a day after Italy said over 4,500 people were saved off Libya.
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Asia's Migrant Crisis Meeting Unlikely to Yield Solutions
A meeting in Bangkok aimed at addressing Southeast Asia's migrant crisis is unlikely to produce a binding agreement or plan of action to save thousands of people believed stranded on boats in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, participants said.
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Saving Migrant Lives at Sea 'Top Priority': United Nations Chief Ban Ki-Moon
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said Saturday that saving the lives of migrants stranded at sea in Southeast Asia should be a "top priority" as the region battles with an exodus of boat people fleeing persecution and poverty.
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Italy Saves Over 300 Migrants at Sea; Ten Die
The Italian coast guard and navy have rescued more than 300 migrants whose boats ran into trouble in the Mediterranean Sea and recovered the bodies of 10 migrants whose dinghy had overturned.
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Mediterranean Rescuers Save 550 Migrants At Sea, Recover Five Bodies
About 550 migrants, most of them from West Africa, were pulled to safety from boats in the Mediterranean on Monday in five operations during which rescuers also recovered five dead bodies, Italy's coast guard said.
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50 Women, Hundreds Rescued at Sea: Libya Coastguard
The Libyan coastguard said it rescued 215 migrants Sunday from two boats in the Mediterranean, including more than 50 women, a day after Italy said over 4,500 people were saved off Libya.
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Asia's Migrant Crisis Meeting Unlikely to Yield Solutions
A meeting in Bangkok aimed at addressing Southeast Asia's migrant crisis is unlikely to produce a binding agreement or plan of action to save thousands of people believed stranded on boats in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, participants said.
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Saving Migrant Lives at Sea 'Top Priority': United Nations Chief Ban Ki-Moon
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon said Saturday that saving the lives of migrants stranded at sea in Southeast Asia should be a "top priority" as the region battles with an exodus of boat people fleeing persecution and poverty.
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Italy Saves Over 300 Migrants at Sea; Ten Die
The Italian coast guard and navy have rescued more than 300 migrants whose boats ran into trouble in the Mediterranean Sea and recovered the bodies of 10 migrants whose dinghy had overturned.
