More than 60 feared dead as two more boats sink in the Mediterranean, 27 bodies recovered so far (update)

More than 60 people are feared dead tonight after two boats packed with migrants being smuggled across the Mediterranean into Europe sank. One of the boats capsized off Lampedusa, the Italian island...

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Another migrant boat capsizes off Lampedusa, rescue under way

A boat with more than 200 migrants on board has capsized off the Italian island of Lampedusa and a rescue operation is under way, officials say. Italian and Maltese ships - backed by helicopters...

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Japan hospital fire kills 10 patients and staff

A fire at a hospital in southern Japan has killed ten people and left eight others injured. The blaze broke out at an orthopaedic hospital in the city of Fukuoka while patients were asleep. Officials...

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10 killed in Peru bus crash

At least 10 people were killed and 25 injured Thursday when a bus crashed into a hillside in southeastern Peru, the police said. The crash on a road linking the provinces of Arequipa and Puno came...

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Gang war in Brazil's Pedrinhas jail kills 13

Thirteen inmates have been killed and at least 30 injured in a fight between rival gangs in a prison in Brazil. Riot police say they have regained control of Pedrinhas prison in Sao Luis, in the...

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Lampedusa toll at 311 as Italy divers finish boat search

Italian divers say they have finished searching a boat that sank carrying migrants from Africa, as the death toll from the accident reached 311. An Italian coast guard official said the hunt for...

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