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Cyclone kills 69 in Madagascar, thousands homeless

23 Mar 2007 10:32:25 GMT
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ANTANANARIVO, March 23 (Reuters) - A cyclone that swept across Madagascar last week has killed at least 69 people and displaced tens of thousands in the north of the Indian Ocean island, officials said on Friday.

"I have never seen so much damage," Jacky Randimbiarison, executive secretary of the government's disaster management agency, told Reuters.

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