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A medic carries a critically ill would-be immigrant baby from an Armed Forces of Malta helicopter to a waiting ambulance at Mater Dei General Hospital outside Valletta
09 Sep 2008
Source: Reuters
 
A medic carries a critically ill would-be immigrant baby from an Armed Forces of Malta (AFM) helicopter to a waiting ambulance at Mater Dei General Hospital outside Valletta September 9, 2008. Twenty-eight would be immigrants were rescued by an AFM coastal patrol vessel when their boat capsized 72 miles south of Malta while on their way to reach European soil from Africa, authorities said. One migrant died while being rushed to hospital in a rescue helicopter. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (MALTA). MALTA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN MALTA.
REUTERS/DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI


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A fire engine goes past a Lufthansa Airbus A300-600 aircraft which made an emergency landing after reporting a fire in its cargo hold, at Malta International Airport outside Valletta October 28, ...




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