14 Rohingya refugees die after boat capsizes

At least 14 Rohingya refugees, most of them children, drowned and scores more were missing yesterday after their overloaded boat capsized in the latest tragedy to strike those fleeing violence in Burma.

Authorities in Bangladesh said the boat was carrying between 60 and 100 people when it sank on Sunday night.

The bodies of 11 children, two women and a man were washed up on Shah Porir Dwip island in Bangladesh and border guards pulled 13 survivors from the sea, but the fate of the others remains unknown.