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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-06-08 09:33 AM
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Myanmar cyclone death toll exceeds 22,000 / 41,000 missing
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YANGON, Myanmar (CNN) -- A Myanmar government radio station said Tuesday that more than 22,000 people are dead and 41,000 missing after the catastrophic cyclone that battered the country.

A news broadcast on the state-run station said Tuesday that 22,464 people had been confirmed dead after Cyclone Nargis. The broadcast added that 41,000 more were missing.

The U.N. estimated up to a million could be homeless.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/06/myanmar.cyclone/index.html
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