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Many Feared Dead In Libya Sinkings

Libya boats, Katrina anniversary, Sci-fi writer.

It's feared that hundreds of people may have drowned after two boats carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Libya. A number of the bodies have been taken to a hospital in the nearby port city of Zuwara.

We look at how New Orleans has rebuilt itself 10 years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. 1,800 people were killed when the powerful hurricane struck; US President Barak Obama visits the city this week.

And as the Chinese writer Liu Cixin wins the 2015 Hugo Award for best science-fiction novel, we speak to Ken Liu, the man responsible for translating Cixin's novel "The Three-Body Problem".

(Photo: A Migrant looks out from a boat towards the Mediterranean Sea. Credit: BBC)

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Fri 28 Aug 201503:00GMT

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  • Fri 28 Aug 201503:00GMT