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           July
          5, 2000     
           
           
          
           
          Noakhali,
          July 4 (UNB) – Armed pirates looted valuables from five trawlers in
          river Meghna under Sadar upazila on Saturday. 
            
          
           
          The
          looted valuables include fish and fishing nets
          worth about Tk 10 lakh. 
          
           
            
          
           
          Another
          report adds: Dacoits looted cash and valuables worth about Tk 5 lakh
          from the houses of Rafiq, Shajahan and Samad Miah at Mouzananda and
          Charruhita villages in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur district on Saturday. 
          
           
            
          
           
          Villagers
          said the armed robbers, numbering about 20, broke into the houses and
          looted the valuables, leaving 10 people injured.  
          
          
           
            
          
           
          Four
          of the injured -- Rahim, Shafiq, Mannan and Monaf -- were admitted to
          a local hospital.  
             
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