Search Yields No More Boat Accident Survivors
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Italian authorities held out little hope of finding more survivors from a vessel carrying illegal immigrants that capsized in rough seas. About 50 were feared dead.
Strong winds and choppy waters complicated search efforts.
The wooden boat jammed with as many as 60 immigrants flipped over Thursday night about 65 miles south of Lampedusa, a tiny Sicilian island in the Mediterranean Sea. Rescuers recovered 12 bodies and 11 survivors, who said they were from Nigeria, Sudan and Turkey.
Survivors said they had embarked from Turkey about a week ago after each paying smugglers $4,000, port officials said.
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