Boat sinking
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US military attacks boat in eastern Pacific, 3 killed
TEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) – The US military said on Tuesday it had struck a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing three people, in the latest such attack that rights groups label as “extrajudicial killings”.
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4 killed as boat capsizes off US southern California
TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) – Four people were killed and five others injured early Saturday when a panga boat capsized off Imperial Beach city in US Southern California, authorities said.
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13 dead when ship carrying Rohingya migrants capsizes
TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (MNA) – At least 13 people have been confirmed dead and 13 others rescued on Monday after a boat carrying dozens of migrants, mostly Rohingya, capsized near the maritime border between Malaysia and Thailand.
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More than 140 feared dead after Spain-bound ship sinks
TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – More than 140 people were feared dead on Friday after a migrant ship bound for Spain’s Canary Islands sank off the coast of Mauritania, according to Spanish media reports.
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More than 40 missing after boat capsizes in Nigeria
TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – More than 40 people are missing after a boat carrying at least 50 passengers capsized in Nigeria's northwestern Sokoto State, the country’s emergency agency said Sunday.
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At least 68 migrants killed, 74 missing as boat capsizes off
TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – At least 68 African migrants were killed and 74 others remain missing after a boat capsized off the coast of southern Yemen on Sunday, the United Nations migration agency said.