Saturday, 13 July 2013
Baby dead, 8 missing in Australia refugee boat sinking
FP Monitoring DeskAFP_SYDNEY: A baby died and eight people were missing after a people-smuggling boat carrying 97 sunk in remote seas, Australian officials said Saturday, as authorities searched for survivors.Prime Minister Kevin Rudd described it as a "genuine human tragedy" which underscored the importance of a regional response to people-smuggling, with hundreds dying in recent years in refugee boat accidents.The vessel, which capsized some 87 nautical miles north of Christmas Island, first
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