Hundreds of Migrants Feared Dead as Boat Capsizes in Mediterranean

As many as 700 migrants trying to reach a better life in Europe are feared dead as their boat capsized overnight off the Libyan coast. Authorities said Sunday 28 people have been rescued and 24 bodies recovered, but hundreds are missing in what could become the worst known Mediterranean migrant sea disaster. The boat capsized 193 kilometers south of the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, when it is believed migrants moved to one side of the vessel as a merchant ship...

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