Four Rohingya drown as refugee boat capsizes off Bangladesh
01 November 2017 |
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A small wooden fishing boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslims fleeing ethnic violence in Myanmar, capsized off the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday.
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