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Four dead, 29 missing, after dinghy found off Canary Islands

Spanish rescue services said on Sunday they had recovered the bodies of four people from an inflatable dinghy found 278km south of Gran Canaria, from which one survivor was rescued. Spanish NGO Caminando sin Fronteras said there were initially 34 people on board. "The rest of the victims, 29 in total, have been swallowed by the ocean," said one of the activists from the NGO.

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