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Boat With Libyan Immigrants Capsizes Off Italy; 250 Missing

ROME -- A boat carrying as many as 300 migrants from Libya capsized in rough seas off the Italian coast early Wednesday, leaving 250 people unaccounted for. Survivors told of desperately trying to reach rescue boats as those unable to swim screamed in the darkness and pulled one another under the water. If the number of...

375-Pound Shark Leaps Into Fisherman's Boat [VIDEO]

FREEPORT, Texas -- It's the catch of a lifetime, but it's not clear whether a Texas fisherman landed an 8-foot shark or it landed him. Twenty-nine-year-old Jason Kresse of Freeport says he and two crew members were dumping fish guts in the Gulf of Mexico about 3:45 a.m. Monday when they heard splashes in the distance and...

Hundreds of American Evacuees Still Stuck on Ferry in Libyan Port

Bad weather for a second straight day kept a ferry with several hundred Americans from being evacuated from Libya, though hopes are high that the captain will be able set sail for Malta on Friday. The Americans' presence on the vessel tied up in Tripoli's As-shahab port while Libya descends into bloody chaos is thought to...

Missing Boat With 5 Americans Lands in Philippines

MANILA, Philippines -- Five Americans stepped ashore in good health Monday in the central Philippines following an international search for their sailboat when it failed to arrive on time in its voyage from the Pacific island of Guam, officials said. The vessel, called the Pineapple, ran into bad weather after departing...

13 Drown in Failed US Rescue of African Refugees

(Sept. 28) -- At least 13 African refugees are feared dead after scrambling for food and water while the U.S. Navy tried to save their overcrowded, broken-down boat in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen. The small skiff, packed with 75 Ethiopians and 10 Somalis, was spotted drifting in the gulf by a South Korean warship, which...

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A boat is a watercraft of any size designed to float or plane, to provide passage across water. Usually this water will be inland (lakes) or in protected coastal areas.

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