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Five hundred people crammed in fishing boat rescued in Mediterranean

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Five hundred people crammed in fishing boat rescued in Mediterranean

Five hundred people crammed in fishing boat rescued in Mediterranean

A boat believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants is safely towed to the Greek island of Crete after a dramatic rescue complicated by near gale-force winds, a coastguard said.


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