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Forty-eight die as Bangladesh ferry is struck by cargo ship
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A ferry carrying up to 140 passengers has capsized in central Bangladesh after being hit by a cargo vessel, killing at least 48 people.

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Seventy-two more bodies have washed ashore days after an overcrowded ferry sank with about 750 people on board in southern Bangladesh, officials in Chandpur said today.

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At least 600 drown as ferry sinks

OVERCROWDING may have caused the death of 600 people who were missing and feared dead yesterday after a river ferry capsized in southern Bangladesh.

Thu, 10 Jul, 2003

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By Anis Ahmed, Dhaka FLOODS sweeping Bangladesh marooned 500,000 people, killing at least 11, but appeared to be subsiding yesterday, officials said.

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