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Italy rescues 1,100 migrants in MediterraneanAbout 1,100 migrants were rescued from boats in the Strait of Sicily on Sunday as they tried to reach Europe, Italy's coastguard said. The migrants were picked up from eight rubber dinghies, one large boat and two punts throug More… |
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Carrefour to open Mediterranean concept store in Mall of QatarMall of Qatar, poised to become the country’s premier leisure, entertainment and shopping complex when it opens in October 2016, has announced that Carrefour, one of its key anchor tenants, has completed 93 per cent of the fit-out process More… |
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Ship with 400 migrants sinks in MediterraneanMigrants rescued from two boats in the Mediterranean this week told humanitarian workers in Italy that they saw another vessel carrying some 400 migrants sink, Save the Children said on Saturday. Three vessels carrying migrants al More… |
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Enjoy Lebanese and Mediterranean flavours at Corp Amman HotelCorp Amman Hotel is offering the finest Lebanese and Mediterranean cuisines at Mood, its signature restaurant. Bursting with delicate flavours, the authentic dishes are made from the freshest of ingredients by the hotel&rsq More… |
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UNHCR plans for 1.4m Mediterranean refugees in 2015-6U.N. refugee agency UNHCR expects 1.4 million refugees to flee to Europe via the Mediterranean this year and next, it said in a revised appeal seen by Reuters on Thursday, a sharp rise from initial estimates of 850,000. "UNHC More… |
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Commercial ships scoop up desperate human cargoIn October last year, bulk carrier CS Caprice was shipping a cargo of barley across the Mediterranean when it answered a call to help about 500 people who were drifting north of Libya without a skipper. A brewing storm threatened to capsize thei More… |
Migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast, kills 37A boat carrying migrants sank off Libya's Mediterranean coast, killing at least 37 people, a local official said on Sunday, the second such fatal accident within days. "We had reports this morning that there are seven bod More… |
Italian navy rescues 3,000 migrants in MediterraneanThe Italian navy rescued 3,000 migrants aboard more than a dozen boats in the Mediterranean on Saturday after receiving requests for help from 22 vessels, the coast guard said. Operations are continuing and it is still unclear whe More… |
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700 migrants feared drowned in MediterraneanMore than 700 people fleeing Africa and the Middle East may have drowned in shipwrecks in the Mediterranean over the last week, bringing the death toll this year to almost 3,000, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Monday. More… |
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Syria's war creeps into Assad's coastal sanctuaryFor three years, residents of Syria's Mediterranean provinces have watched from their coastal sanctuary as civil war raging further inland tore the country apart, killing tens of thousands of people and devastating historic cities. More… |
