African migrants rescued off Italian island

Al Jazeera English 2012-06-06

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Some 400 African migrants coming from Libya were rescued after their boat was tossed against rocks off the tiny Italian island Lampedusa. The island's migrant crisis grows daily as unrest in Libya continues to escalate. Tim Friend reports.
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