Italian divers hoped to resume the search for bodies Saturday after a Mediterranean shipwreck tragedy in which 111 African asylum-seekers have been confirmed dead and scores more are missing.

Rough seas have forced the suspension of the operation off the remote island of Lampedusa, where fishermen on Saturday laid a wreath in the water where the disaster unfolded.

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