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Mass migrant drowning in Gabon

Rescue workers said they died after their boat was wrecked. A rickety open wooden boat was found broken on rocks near the bodies. Human rights campaigners say hundreds of poor Africans die each year while travelling to Europe in search of a better life.

Reuters | July 1, 2008Watch more videos from Reuters

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