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Friday will be a day of mourning in Italy, after a vessel carrying migrants capsized off the coast of the island of Lampedusa on Thursday morning, killing at least 130 people. Around 200 of the passengers on the vessel, which may have caught fire before sinking, still remain unaccounted for. Most of those on board were economic migrants from Somalia and Eritrea, the UN has said.
Tobacco-free' plan for Republic of Ireland
The Republic of Ireland was the first to introduce a complete work-place smoking ban in 2004
The Irish health minister has published a plan to make the state "tobacco-free" by 2025.
Dr James Reilly has defined a "tobacco-free Ireland" as a state where less than 5% of the population smoke.
According to the latest figures, 22% of people aged 15 and over regularly smoke cigarettes in the Republic of Ireland.
The plan makes 60 recommendations to significantly reduce smoking over the next 12 years. Tobacco would still be available, but at an increased cost.
The recommendations also include the introduction of a ban on smoking in cars where children are present and new on-the-spot fines for breaches of smoking laws.
Health
Post-menopausal women who walk for an hour a day can cut their chance of breast cancer significantly, a study has suggested.
The report, which followed 73,000 women for 17 years, found walking for at least seven hours a week lowered the risk of the disease.
The American Cancer Society team said this was the first time reduced risk was specifically linked to walking.
UK experts said it was more evidence that lifestyle influenced cancer risk.
A recent poll for the charity Ramblers found a quarter of adults walk for no more than an hour a week - but being active is known to reduce the risk of a number of cancers.
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