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    BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 9 Oct 2013

    Italy will organise state funerals for victims of Lampedusa shipwreck in which estimated 345 died, Prime Minister Letta announces

    3:41 AM - 9 Oct 2013
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      2. jay‏ @jakeakwasi 9 Oct 2013
        Replying to @BBCBreaking

        And wat will the AU do?@BBCBreaking: Italy will organise state funerals for victims of Lampedusa shipwreck in which estimated 345 died.

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      3. lyxto‏ @whyshy10 9 Oct 2013
        Replying to @jakeakwasi

        @jakeakwasi @BBCBreaking the AU is the most useless org. They r always in a haste to send condolences whn tragedy hits the west.

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      1. biniam gulbet‏ @BINNYMAN15 12 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking

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      1. Kathy Brown‏ @LegalKathyBrown 9 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld some dignity at last. Thanks Italy but how very sad

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      1. Anselem‏ @Engranselem902 9 Oct 2013
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        @bbcbreaking @bbcworld

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      1. Norman Linnell‏ @NormanLinnell 9 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking EU practice of paying able-bodied working-age people NOT to work invites invasion by illegal immigrants .

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      1. Brian Elliott‏ @Elliott1950 9 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @TonyAbbottMHR_ Watch and learn

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      1. ana france‏ @roslw 9 Oct 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Italy will organise state funerals for victims of Lampedusa shipwreck ... Prime Minister Letta announces” Note #auspol!

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      1. Colin Melville‏ @colin_melville 9 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking "state funerals"? I think maybe you mean "state-funded funerals". They're hardly going to get military honours.

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      2. Thomas Kinski‏ @streetwolf15 9 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking. And what UN do to protect this people in their country= Nothing. Time to react. Immigrations is normal but not when people

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      3. Thomas Kinski‏ @streetwolf15 9 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking. running from country because they scare about their life and they dont have any future. This is big tragedy for whole world.

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      1. Tigray Legend‏ @Tigray_Legend 9 Oct 2013
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        .@BBCBreaking Fruits of independence. #Eritrea #Lampedusa

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      1. adam mcquade‏ @AdamMcquade 9 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld poor souls. RIP

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      1. Anthony Moule‏ @TonyMoule47 9 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking 'State' funerals! That would be very expensive. Surely they will be state 'funded' funerals!!

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      1. Katy Mutton‏ @Katy_KBAM 9 Oct 2013
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        “@BBCBreaking: Italy to organise state funerals for victims of Lampedusa shipwreck an estimated 345 died, PM Letta announces” wow #humanity

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      1. El Juve Bright Ofori‏ @brightofori112 9 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking because the dead are Italian citizens BUT can their families back home in Africa attend these state funerals?

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      1. inijery‏ @Inijery 9 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking when?

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      1. Annamaria Baglioni‏ @hanabionweb 9 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld and please don't be naive. Politicians mourn while increasing taxes, hoping this be unnoticed...

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      1. Annamaria Baglioni‏ @hanabionweb 9 Oct 2013
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        @BBCBreaking @BBCWorld our welfare is cracking by crisis and pression from outside, but we are the evil. Very funny indeed. Who's racist now

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