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# Boat disaster

Bodies recovered as Budapest tour boat is lifted from Danube

The accident has claimed at least 20 lives with eight people still missing.

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Jun 11th 2019, 8:12 AM

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Families of people who died in shipwreck at Christmas Island to sue Australia

The families of the asylum seekers who died say the Government didn’t do enough – but Australian politicians say the move is ‘shameful’.

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Jun 17th 2014, 7:49 AM

# Italy

Three hundred people now feared dead after migrant boat disaster

Rescuers and local fishermen were overcome with emotion as they spoke of chaotic early morning scenes in the water off the Italian island of Lampedusa.

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Oct 4th 2013, 7:19 AM