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Singapore-flagged ship sinks in Bay of Bengal

Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:21pm IST
 
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DHAKA, Aug 20 (Reuters) - A ship carrying over 3,000 tonnes of rice from India sank near the outer anchorage of Bangladesh's Chittagong port on Wednesday, port officials said.

They said the Singapore-flagged vessel M.V. Batulu was in collision with an empty, anchored vessel and sank in the Bay of Bengal. No other details were immediately available. (Reporting by Ruma Paul; Editing by Anis Ahmed and Valerie Lee)

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