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2 migrant boats sink in Mediterranean, more than 70 feared dead

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PALERMO, Sicily (CN) - Italy's coast guard said on Tuesday it had retrieved the first bodies from an overcrowded sailboat that capsized in the Ionian Sea with dozens of migrants aboard.

The sailboat ran into trouble about 120 miles off the coast of the southern Italian region of Calabria on Monday, the coast guard said. Survivors said 66 people, including 26 children, were missing. Search and rescue operatio