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50 missing as boat sinks off Bangladesh coast

Fifty people are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized off the Bangladesh coast.

50 missing as boat sinks off Bangladesh coast

Wed, 07 Nov, 2012 - 09:09

Fifty people are missing after an overcrowded boat capsized off the Bangladesh coast.

The boat was reportedly carrying about 70 illegal migrants, mostly Rohingya Muslims, to Malaysia when it sank in the Bay of Bengal early today.

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