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Dozens dead, more missing after migrant boat capsizes off Greece

It was unclear how many passengers were missing, but some initial reports suggested hundreds of people may have been aboard when the boat went down far from shore.

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HELLENIC COAST GUARD VIA AP

This undated handout image provided by Greece's coast guard on Wednesday, June 14, shows scores of people covering practically every free stretch of deck on a battered fishing boat that later capsized and sank off southern Greece. A fishing boat carrying migrants trying to reach Europe capsized and sank off Greece on Wednesday, authorities said, leaving at least 79 dead and many more missing in one of the worst disasters of its kind this year.
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Survivors arrive by yacht after a rescue operation at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens on Wednesday, June 14.
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Survivors receive first aid after a rescue operation at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens on Wednesday, June 14.
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Survivors receive first aid after a rescue operation at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens on Wednesday, June 14.
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Survivors arrive by yacht after a rescue operation at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens on Wednesday, June 14.
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WWW.ARGOLIKESEIDHSEIS.GR VIA AP

A survivors receives first aid after a rescue operation at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens on Wednesday, June 14.
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WWW.ARGOLIKESEIDHSEIS.GR VIA AP

Survivors of a shipwreck sit at a warehouse at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens on Wednesday, June 14.
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Survivors of a shipwreck rest at a warehouse at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens, Wednesday, June 14.
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Survivors of a shipwreck sleep at a warehouse at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens, Wednesday, June 14.
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Survivors of a shipwreck rest in a warehouse at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens, Wednesday, June 14.
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Paramedics carry an injured survivor of a shipwreck to an ambulance at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens, Wednesday, June 14.
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Paramedics carry an injured survivor of a shipwreck to an ambulance at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens on Wednesday, June 14.
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Paramedics transfer an injured survivor of a shipwreck to an ambulance at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens, Wednesday, June 14.
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A survivor of a shipwreck walks outside a warehouse at the port in Kalamata town, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of Athens, Wednesday, June 14.

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