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Myanmar Cyclone Casualties Nearly 78,000
The cyclone's official death toll has nearly doubled to almost 78,000 and another 56,000 people remain missing two weeks after the devastating storm, state television reported Friday.
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State estimates place the death toll at 32,000, but the UN says the actual number could stand as high as 100,000. Unofficial reports coming out of the country through dissident channels describe bodies floating in rivers that people depend on for ...
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