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Scores of dead refugees found on Yemen beach

International aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Monday it had found 60 bodies of refugees on a beach in Yemen over the weekend.

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  • Published: 16:11 November 3, 2008
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Nairobi: International aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Monday it had found 60 bodies of refugees on a beach in Yemen over the weekend.

MSF said in a statement that the refugees were Somalis and Ethiopians trying to cross the Gulf of Aden on smugglers' boats.

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