TRIPOLI/GENEVA (Reuters) - About 115 people are missing and feared to have drowned and another 134 were rescued by Libyan coast guards and local fishermen after a wooden boat carrying migrants capsized off Libya, a Libyan navy official said on Thursday.
Earlier, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said that up to 150 people were feared dead.
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