World News 02-06-2005 who: Environment ministry spokeswoman Patricia Alpizar what: Says message in a bottle saved lives of 80 migrants abandoned at sea where: Costa Rica when: Last weekend snippet: "The migrants had apparently left the Ecuadorean port of Puerto Montañita early last week with the intention of illegally entering the US," says The Independent. "But when their boat developed mechanical troubles, the crew changed over to another ship and abandoned their human cargo to drift without power or communications..." [... more]

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