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Myanmar says more than 133,000 dead, missing

Myanmar on Friday said more than 133,000 people were dead or missing in the cyclone disaster, with the huge increase due to difficulties in confirming the figures, state television reported.

It said 77,738 were dead and 55,917 missing.

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A cyclone survivor inspects the wreckage of a destroyed rice mill in the Ayeyarwady division of Myanmar. Myanmar state television says more than 133,000 people are dead or missing in the cyclone disaster, with the huge increase due to difficulties in confirming the figures.

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