Seven dead in migrant boat tragedies: Italy

Seven bodies were recovered from or around stricken migrants boats in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, Italy's coastguard said. The coastguard, which coordinated rescue efforts for three rubber dinghies and a small wooden boat said a total of 300 people had been saved.  The rescued people will be taken to ports in southern Italy which have registered nearly 180,000 such arrivals so far this year.