TRAGEDY AS BOAT SINKS ITALY

   Recovery efforts have resumed off Southern Italy after a boat carrying about 500 African migrants sank off the Island of Lampedusa. The ship sailed from Misratah in Libya and began taking in water when it's motar stopped working as it neared Lampedusa early on Thursday morning.
   It is thought some of those on board set fire to a piece of material to try to attract the attention of passing ships, only to have the fire spread to the rest of the boat. There was concern about the boat sinking and everyone moved to one side , causing the boat to go down.
   About 113 bodies have been recovered and some 200 of those on board the 20m(66ft) fishing boat are still unaccounted for. More than 150 people were rescued. Most of them from Eritrea and Somalia.