Boat Mishap in Haiti Claim 17 lives

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Seventeen people have died after a boat carrying dozens of Haitian refugees capsized off the coast of the Bahamas.

Bahamian Prime Minister, Philip Davis, who disclosed this on Sunday, said that Rescue teams recovered 17 bodies and 25 people were rescued.

According to Davis, the speedboat which was heading for Miami, had 60 people on board, adding that more people were presumed missing

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