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    1. BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 5 Aug 2015

      Overcrowded migrant boat carrying hundreds of people capsizes off the coast of Libyahttp://bbc.in/1OQcJNb 

      62 replies 625 retweets 294 likes
      BBC Breaking News‏Verified account @BBCBreaking 5 Aug 2015

      25 bodies found & around 400 migrants saved after boat capsized off Libya, Italian Coastguard & @UNHCRItalia sayhttp://bbc.in/1g9c3ac 

      8:49 AM - 5 Aug 2015
      • 228 Retweets
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      • Alimohibby Marta Delgadillo russell lee JJ KHALED MASUD scott james Nicola Jane Halton mercie njeri _tintin_
      26 replies 228 retweets 111 likes
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        2. Toby‏ @manctoby 5 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          .@BBCBreaking @UNHCRItalia @BBCNews 400 people saved. People.

          2 replies 16 retweets 16 likes
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        1. MintyMat‏ @MintyMat 5 Aug 2015
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          MintyMat Retweeted BBC Breaking News

          They are people. Men, women, children. @BBCBreaking @UNHCRItaliahttps://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/status/628955900229910528 …

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          BBC Breaking NewsVerified account @BBCBreaking
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          25 bodies found & around 400 migrants saved after boat capsized off Libya, Italian Coastguard & @UNHCRItalia say http://bbc.in/1g9c3ac 
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        2. Liam Saunders‏ @Liam_Saunders_ 5 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking @UNHCRItalia @BBCNews why don't you call them people?

          1 reply 5 retweets 5 likes
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        2. Sasha Simic‏ @sashasimic 5 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking @UNHCRItalia Desperate people murdered by #FortressEurope racism and xenophobia. #LetThemIn

          3 replies 1 retweet 1 like
        3. Lisa Brimmer‏ @Lisamfb 5 Aug 2015
          Replying to @sashasimic

          @sashasimic @BBCBreaking @UNHCRItalia why don't you leave Europe then.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        4. Sasha Simic‏ @sashasimic 5 Aug 2015
          Replying to @Lisamfb

          @Lisamfb @BBCBreaking @UNHCRItalia Going to change Europe....There's a lot of good people here who hate racism.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        5. Lisa Brimmer‏ @Lisamfb 5 Aug 2015
          Replying to @sashasimic

          @sashasimic @BBCBreaking @UNHCRItalia all by yourself. Good luck with that.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        6. Roger Knight‏ @MaranelloModels 5 Aug 2015
          Replying to @Lisamfb

          @lisamfb @sashasimic @bbcbreaking @unhcritalia well 'on our own' before we colonised half of the world. We'll be just fine ;-)

          1 reply 2 retweets 1 like
        7. Sasha Simic‏ @sashasimic 5 Aug 2015
          Replying to @MaranelloModels

          @MaranelloModels You can't even write a tweet on your own.

          0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        1. Peter Neate‏ @Shirehorse1 5 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking @UNHCRItalia Tragic. The only difference between us and them is luck of birth place. What would you do to provide for yours?

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        1. Ida Nyakinyua‏ @i_nyakinyua 6 Aug 2015
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          "@BBCBreaking: 25 bodies, around 400 migrants saved after boat capsized off Libya, @UNHCRItalia say http://bbc.in/1g9c3ac " help Libya

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        1. Julie Mallen is Julia akaCitizenSoldierJulieMallen‏ @realjuliemallen 5 Aug 2015
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          @BBCBreaking @UNHCRItalia May God have mercy thank God for those who spend their lives rescuing the desperate from the raging seas #400Saved

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        1. Matthew Catterall‏ @xmatt_ 5 Aug 2015
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          @BBCBreaking @UNHCRItalia people, they're people.

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        1. Richard Smallridge‏ @RJ52BOY 5 Aug 2015
          Replying to @BBCBreaking

          @BBCBreaking @UNHCRItalia more for the Calais campsites. Oh good more delays on the tunnel

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