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Five Migrants Die And More Than 500 Are Saved After Overcrowded Fishing boat Capsizes

Posted on May 26, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The overcrowded boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Wednesday. Credit: Reuters Five migrants have died and more than 500 rescued after an overcrowded fishing boat capsized off the coast of Libya, the Italian navy said. Women and children were among those rescued, but no details of the migrants’ nationalities have been given. An Italian navy patrol boat approached the vessel to hand out life jackets after spotting that it was in difficulty, but…

‘Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Urges Complete Ban On Muslims Entering USA’

Posted on December 8, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign stop in Spencer, Iowa December 5, 2015. Reuters/Mark Kauzlarich Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Monday called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States in the most dramatic response by a candidate yet to last week’s shooting spree by two Muslims who the FBI said had been radicalized. “We have no choice,” Trump said at a rally in South Carolina, warning of more…

Some 200 People Feared Dead In Migrant Boat Capsize In Mediterranean Off The Libyan Coast

Posted on August 6, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

MILAN—Rescue workers searched the sea on Thursday after a fishing boat carrying as many as 600 migrants, including children, capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving some 200 people feared dead. A spokesman for the Italian coast guard said 373 people have been rescued and 25 bodies have been recovered in the continuing effort in the Mediterranean. The survivors and bodies are being taken to the Sicilian city of Palermo, the Coast Guard spokesman said….