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VIDEO: Floods hit Papua New Guinea
20 Nov 2007 12:30:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
Nov. 20 - The death toll may rise in Papua New Guinea as dozens remain missing after a week of heavy rain in the east of the Pacific nation.

More than 70 people have been confirmed dead and about 50 more are unaccounted for after the flooding caused by tropical cyclone Guba, which is now sitting off northern Australia.

Paul Chapman reports.




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