Survivors mourn dead in Italy shipwreck tragedy

LAMPEDUSA: Survivors cried over the coffins of their loved ones on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) as Italy denied claims that rescue efforts were delayed in a shipwreck tragedy in which 300 African migrants are feared dead.

Rough seas around the island of Lampedusa have suspended the search, and controversy has erupted over conditions in which survivors as young as 11 were being housed in an overcrowded refugee center.