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Libyan coastguard says 100 migrants may have drowned near Tripoli

Migrants are seen in a rubber dinghy as they are rescued by Libyan coast guards in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, January 15, 2018. REUTERS/Hani Amara/File Photo (Reuters)

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Around 100 people are thought to have drowned from a migrant boat off Libya's western coast, a coastguard official said on Friday. The coastguard picked up 14 survivors from the boat just east of the capital, Tripoli, the official said. (Reporting by Ahmed Elumami; Writing by Aidan Lewis; Editing by Catherine Evans)