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

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–10 May 2011.  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.

The exact death toll from the latest tragedy remains unknown, but most of the passengers are believed to have been from sub-Saharan Africa, according to Melissa Fleming, a spokesperson for the UN High…

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