21 migrants drown off Tunisia's coast

Rescue crews have located three survivors and are still searching for the boat's remaining 17 passengers.
boat capsizing search off Tunisia
The Tunisian coast guard searches for survivors of a boat capsizing off the coast of Tunisia on Jan. 19, 2009, in la Marsa, near Tunis. Nearly 30 immigrants went missing when the boat overturned on its way to Italy. - FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images
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At least 21 Italy-bound migrants, including a baby, died Friday after their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia in the Mediterranean Sea. 

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