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Twenty-five migrants feared drowned off Malta
30 Aug 2007 13:39:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
VALLETTTA Aug 30 (Reuters) Twenty-five migrants are missing, believed dead in the Mediterranean, after a rescue attempt went tragically wrong on Thursday.

The Maltese armed forces said the migrants were among 28 on a small open boat which was intercepted by a Greek tug in the early hours, 72 miles south of Malta.
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