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As Many as 10,000 Dead in Burma Cyclone

posted May 6, 2008 - 12:44am
As Many as 10,000 Dead in Burma Cyclone

Burmese state media say it is now believed that as many as 10,000 people are dead and thousands more missing after Tropical Cyclone Nargis ripped through parts of the country, destroying homes, bringing down power lines and knocking out communications. Earlier figures had put the death toll far lower. VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from our Southeast Asia Bureau in Bangkok


Website: http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-05-05-voa8.cfm


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