#libyan coast

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More than 100 Sudanese refugees dead or missing in shipwrecks off Libya

At least 110 people have died or gone missing after two boats carrying mostly Sudanese refugees sunk off the coast of Tobruk, Libya.

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The Trojans Repairing Their Ships in Sicily

Artist: Dosso Dossi (Italian, c. 1489–1542)

Date: c. 1520

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, United States

Description

The obscure iconography of Dosso's canvas has caused much speculation. In the past it has been titled simply Scene from a Legend and, more often, Departure of the Argonauts. The present title refers instead to an event in Virgil's Aeneid. Designed to celebrate the origin and growth of the Roman Empire, the Aeneid tells the story of Aeneas, who after the fall of Troy and seven years wandering, founded a settlement on the Italian peninsula, establishing the Roman state. The story of Aeneas and Achates is taken from Book I of the Aeneid, where Aeneas and his faithful companion Achates, their journey just begun, take refuge on the Libyan coast after their ships are wrecked in a storm.

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Libya: Over 400 migrants intercepted at sea off the coast of Tobruk

More than 400 migrants have been been intercepted by authorities on board ten different boats off Libya’s coast. The local chapter of the Re

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Sea-Watch aircraft discovers five bodies off Libya

An NGO airplane reported spotting five bodies floating in the Mediterranean off Libya's coast. Operator Sea-Watch says a Libyan vessel prese

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Dozens of migrants feared dead off Libyan coast

At least 42 people are believed to have drowned in a sea accident off the coast of Libya, the UN has said. Seven people were reported to hav

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Libya authorities intercept over 100 migrants off coast

Libyan authorities Monday said they had intercepted 113 migrants off the country’s coast and recovered three bodies in separate operations o

[idiosyncraticrum]

Moroccans and Bangladeshis wait on an overcrowded wooden boat for aid workers from the Spanish search and rescue group Open Arms off the Libyan coast on Jan. 10, 2020. (Santi Palacios)

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A boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsizes off Libyan coast, leaving 1 dead and 22 missing

Libyan authorities say a boat carrying Europe-bound migrants has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving one person dead and 22 missing.