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August 7, 2015

Sinking migrant boat poses desperate choices for father

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and MARIA GRAZIA MURRU

ROME (AP) — Desperate choices faced a Palestinian family who were tossed off a capsizing boat full of migrants into the Mediterranean Sea, with just one life jacket.

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