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Greece boat crisis: 79 dead and hundreds missing

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At least 79 people have died, and hundreds more are feared dead after a boat capsized off the Greek coast on Wednesday in what could become the country's biggest migrant tragedy ever. More than 100 people on the boat have been rescued, but survivors said as many as 700 people could have been on board, far surpassing the watercraft's capacity. Hellenic Coast Guard Captain Nikolaos Alexiou told local television stations his colleagues had seen people packed onto the deck and that the boat had sunk in one of the deepest...

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