ALBANIANS BLAME ITALY FOR DEATHS.Byline: The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Senior Albanian officials Sunday accused the Italian navy Italian Navy may refer to:
The charges appeared to diminish the chances that an Italian-led security contingent could help stabilize stabilize See peg. the chaotic political situation in Albania. Italy was preparing Sunday to step up its efforts to lead the military and police contingent for the delivery of food, medicine and other aid, to help prevent the flight of growing numbers of refugees. The Albanian ambassador in Rome, Pandeli Pasko, presented a list Sunday with 117 names of Albanians he said had been aboard the boat when it went down, including 34 survivors who were taken from the waters of the Adriatic Sea Adriatic Sea (ādrēă`tĭk), arm of the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and the Balkan Peninsula. It extends c.500 mi (800 km) from the Gulf of Venice, at its head, SE to the Strait of Otranto, which leads to the Ionian Sea. on Saturday. The bodies of three women and one man were also recovered. After he spoke with the survivors, Pasko said they had supplied the names, mostly of women and children. The refugees were said to have been jammed into the boat's hold when it went down in 2,400 feet of water, and he said as many as 79 more people might have perished. ``The frigate frigate (frĭg`ĭt), originally a long, narrow nautical vessel used on the Mediterranean, propelled by either oars or sail or both. Later, during the 18th and early 19th cent. hit the boat two times,'' Pasko said in a statement, ``first in the back and then on the side, after which the boat capsized. And according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Albanians, this was done on purpose.'' The Albanian craft was a naval boat apparently hijacked by gangsters in the southern Albanian port of Vlore and used to ferry the refugees to Italy for a price. |
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