Spain seeks 50 missing Africans from migrant boat

MADRID, July 19 (Reuters) The Spanish Coast Guard was looking for about 50 Africans whose boat capsized as they tried to sail to the Canary Islands as illegal immigrants, the Coast Guard said today.

Another 48 would-be migrants had been rescued from the sea about 89 nautical miles southwest of the tourist island of Tenerife, newspaper El Mundo reported on its Web site.

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