At least 112 dead after smuggling boat capsizes off coast of Yemen

Saturday, February 17, 2007

SAN'A, Yemen -- A boat loaded with more than 200 Somali and Ethiopian migrants capsized in the Gulf of Aden during a treacherous night crossing and at least 112 people drowned, a Yemeni official said Friday.

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