Topic: Turks and Caicos Islands
AP Features | 2009-07-29 01:44:58
<div><p>Rescuers searched by sea and air Tuesday for nearly 70 Haitians after an overloaded sailboat ran aground and capsized in reef-studded waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands, killing at least 15 migrants fleeing the poverty of their homeland.</p><p>The boat was carrying an estimated 200 people — men ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-07-29 00:00:23
<div><p>Authorities searched for up to 67 Haitian migrants off the Turks and Caicos Islands Tuesday after their overloaded boat capsized, killing at least 15 people.</p><p>Local police renewed their search at dawn for the dozens of migrants still unaccounted for in shark-infested Atlantic waters after their rickety boat ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-07-29 00:00:22
<div><p>Authorities were searching for at least 70 Haitian migrants off the Turks and Caicos Islands Tuesday, after their overloaded boat capsized, killing at least nine, but were not hopeful survivors would be found.</p><p>Local police renewed their search at dawn for the dozens of illegal migrants still unaccounted ...
Reuters US Online Report World News | 2009-07-28 20:59:41
<div><p>MIAMI (Reuters) - At least 15 Haitian migrants drowned and more than 65 were missing after their wooden sail boat hit a reef and sank off the Turks and Caicos islands, local police and the U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday.</p><p>More than 120 people were rescued following ...
