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Slum fire kills 21 in Bangladesh's Chittagong port
06 Mar 2007 02:50:47 GMT
Source: Reuters
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DHAKA, March 6 (Reuters) - At least 21 people were killed by a fire in Bangladesh's port city of Chittagong early on Tuesday, police and witnesses said.

They said the fire started in a slum in the city's Bakulia area. No further details were immediately available.

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Residents wait near a wayside tap to collect drinking water in Dhaka April 10, 2007. A shortfall in power output has grown worse in Bangladesh this week and residents of the capital Dhaka are now suffering from a shortage of drinking water, officials said on Tuesday.


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