Day of mourning in Italy for migrant shipwreck victims

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Italian rescue divers continue the search for bodies of African migrants off the coast of Lampedusa. Latest reports suggest at least 130 people died after their vessel capsized around a kilometre from land. According to a survivor around 500 people were on board at the time.

Rescue efforts were hampered by the fuel leaking from the boat, as one fisherman on the scene explained:

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