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"Bodies Litter Streets": Libya Struggles To Cope With Thousands Of Corpses
Residents and rescue workers in the devastated Libyan city of Derna are struggling to cope with the thousands of corpses washing up or decaying under rubble, after a flood that smashed down buildings and swept people to sea.
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Indians Stuck In Libya Rescued By Minorities Commission, Foreign Ministry
The Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), Iqbal Singh Lalpura on Sunday said that Indians stranded in Libya have been evacuated by the NCM with the help of the Ministry of External Affairs and Indian Embassy in Tunisia.
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Over 700 Trying To Cross Mediterranean Rescued This Weekend: Aid Group
Rescue ships picked up more than 700 people trying to cross the Mediterranean in makeshift vessels this weekend, mainly off the coasts of Libya and Malta, a migrant aid group said Sunday.
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Richard Gere Delivers Food To Stranded Migrants Ship in Mediterranean
The Ocean Viking charity ship plucked 85 African migrants from the sea off Libya on Friday, the latest rescue in the Mediterranean as Hollywood star Richard Gere boarded a second vessel to highlight the plight of those stranded.
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80 Migrants Missing After Boat Capsizes Off Tunisia, 4 Rescued
More than 80 migrants have gone missing and only four were rescued after their boat capsized off Tunisia on its way from Libya to Italy, Tunisia's coast guard said Thursday.
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3 Teen Migrants Charged By Malta For Hijacking Tanker After Sea Rescue
Three teenage migrants were charged in a Maltese court on Saturday with hijacking a small commercial tanker that had rescued them and others off the coast of Libya.The three, who have pleaded not guilty, were among 108 Africans rescued by the El Hiblu 1 tanker this week.
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Italy Refuses Safe Harbour To Charity Ship Carrying Over A Hundred Migrants
Italy on Monday said it would not offer safe harbour to the 141 people rescued by the humanitarian ship Aquarius off the coast of Libya last week, urging Britain or other European Union allies to take them in.
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Manchester Suicide Bomber Was Rescued By British Navy In 2014: Report
A British man who killed 22 people in an attack in Manchester at the end of a show by U.S. singer Ariana Grande was rescued from the civil war in Libya three years before by the British navy, the Daily Mail reported.
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Italian Coastguard Ship Brings Over 500 Migrants To Sicily
An Italian coastguard ship carrying more than 500 migrants, including dozens rescued by the US Navy off Libya last week, arrived Tuesday night at a port in Sicily, days after the new far-right interior minister banned NGO rescue ships from docking in Italy.
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At A Risky Rescue Mission Over The Mediterranean, The Birth Of Baby 'Miracle'
A baby boy named Miracle has been born on board a humanitarian ship - a bright spot as the tide of migrants risking sea crossings from Libya to Italy has increased as the weather has improved.
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"Bodies Litter Streets": Libya Struggles To Cope With Thousands Of Corpses
Residents and rescue workers in the devastated Libyan city of Derna are struggling to cope with the thousands of corpses washing up or decaying under rubble, after a flood that smashed down buildings and swept people to sea.
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Indians Stuck In Libya Rescued By Minorities Commission, Foreign Ministry
The Chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), Iqbal Singh Lalpura on Sunday said that Indians stranded in Libya have been evacuated by the NCM with the help of the Ministry of External Affairs and Indian Embassy in Tunisia.
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Over 700 Trying To Cross Mediterranean Rescued This Weekend: Aid Group
Rescue ships picked up more than 700 people trying to cross the Mediterranean in makeshift vessels this weekend, mainly off the coasts of Libya and Malta, a migrant aid group said Sunday.
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Richard Gere Delivers Food To Stranded Migrants Ship in Mediterranean
The Ocean Viking charity ship plucked 85 African migrants from the sea off Libya on Friday, the latest rescue in the Mediterranean as Hollywood star Richard Gere boarded a second vessel to highlight the plight of those stranded.
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80 Migrants Missing After Boat Capsizes Off Tunisia, 4 Rescued
More than 80 migrants have gone missing and only four were rescued after their boat capsized off Tunisia on its way from Libya to Italy, Tunisia's coast guard said Thursday.
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3 Teen Migrants Charged By Malta For Hijacking Tanker After Sea Rescue
Three teenage migrants were charged in a Maltese court on Saturday with hijacking a small commercial tanker that had rescued them and others off the coast of Libya.The three, who have pleaded not guilty, were among 108 Africans rescued by the El Hiblu 1 tanker this week.
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Italy Refuses Safe Harbour To Charity Ship Carrying Over A Hundred Migrants
Italy on Monday said it would not offer safe harbour to the 141 people rescued by the humanitarian ship Aquarius off the coast of Libya last week, urging Britain or other European Union allies to take them in.
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Manchester Suicide Bomber Was Rescued By British Navy In 2014: Report
A British man who killed 22 people in an attack in Manchester at the end of a show by U.S. singer Ariana Grande was rescued from the civil war in Libya three years before by the British navy, the Daily Mail reported.
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Italian Coastguard Ship Brings Over 500 Migrants To Sicily
An Italian coastguard ship carrying more than 500 migrants, including dozens rescued by the US Navy off Libya last week, arrived Tuesday night at a port in Sicily, days after the new far-right interior minister banned NGO rescue ships from docking in Italy.
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At A Risky Rescue Mission Over The Mediterranean, The Birth Of Baby 'Miracle'
A baby boy named Miracle has been born on board a humanitarian ship - a bright spot as the tide of migrants risking sea crossings from Libya to Italy has increased as the weather has improved.
