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Lampedusa

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Lampedusa [ˌlæmpɪˈdjuːzə]
n
(Placename) an island in the Mediterranean, between Malta and Tunisia. Area: about 21 sq. km (8 sq. miles)

Lampedusa2
n
(Biographies / Lampedusa, Giuseppe Tomasi di (1896-1957) M, Italian, WRITING: novelist) Giuseppe Tomasi di. 1896-1957, Italian novelist: author of the historical novel The Leopard (1958)


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Five Eritreans rescued off the Italian island of Lampedusa last week claiming to be the only survivors among 78 boat people face fines for illegal immigration under a new law, a news report said Monday.
They were three times closer to [the Italian port of] Lampedusa than to Malta, so I cannot understand why authorities are saying we should have accepted these migrants," he said.
ROMA, Apr 20, 2009 (TUR) -- Following five days of uncertainty, the troubles of 'Pinar', a Turkish Ship of Panama registry which had been waiting off Italian island of Lampedusa after rescuing 140 illegal migrants from two sinking boards off Malta , has finally ended.
 
 
 
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