As Hundreds Feared Drowned Off Libya, UN Agency Urges Better Rescue Methods

by Gary Kopycinski on May 10, 2011

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NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–10 May 2011. Â Nearly 600 people may have drowned when a boat broke up off the coast of Libya, the United Nations refugee agency reportedtoday as it called on European countries to urgently improve their mechanisms for rescues at sea.