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Five Migrants Dead, 20 Missing as Boat Capsizes near Crete

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Athens, Feb 21 (IANS) Five migrants were confirmed dead and at least 20 others remained missing after a wooden boat carrying dozens of people capsized in waters south of Greece’s largest island Crete early Saturday, authorities said. The tragic incident happened about 15 nautical miles (27 km) south of Kala Limena, a coastal settlement on the southern shore of Crete, according to the Greek coast guard.Greek national broadcaster ERT reported that the tragedy occurred when one of two commercial ve…