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30,000 missing in Myanmar cyclone - Thailand
06 May 2008 05:28:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
BANGKOK, May 6 (Reuters) - Thirty thousand people are missing in Myanmar after this weekend's devastating cyclone, in addition to a death toll of 15,000, Thai Foreign Minister Noppadol Pattama said after a meeting with Myanmar's ambassador to Bangkok.

Ambassador Ye Win refused to answer questions from reporters at the Thai Foreign Ministry, leaving Noppadon to summarise his report on the disaster. (Reporting by Nopporn Wong-Anan; Writing by Ed Cropley; Editing by Jerry Norton)
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A general view of Myanmar's capital of Yangon early May 8, 2008. Some parts of Myanmar's capital Yangon are still without electricity after Cyclone Nargis hit. REUTERS/Stringeer (MYANMAR) ...



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