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MARSEILLE: Aid group SOS Mediterranee on Thursday accused Italy of hampering its work after the authorities there ordered its migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking held “for an indefinite period” in port. Officials had cited “a very small number of technical and administrative shortcomings,” said the aid group. Having the ship blocked in the port of Civitavecchia, north of Rome, “prevents …

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