A vessel tugging two wooden boats packed with Rohingya &quot;displaced people&quot; from last year&#39;s sectarian violence in the Rakhine sank after departing from Pauktaw township, during an evacuation in preparation for Cyclone Mahasen, United Nations spokesman James Munn confirmed. 
	&quot;There were less than 200 on board,&quot; Munn said. &quot;There are survivors, but we don&#39;t know how many.&quot;//DPA 
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Boats evacuating refugees sink off Myanmar

Yangon - Boats evacuating hundreds of Rohingya refugees from a coastal town in the violence-hit Rakhine state in western Myanmar sank Tuesday, with hundreds on board.

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