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USATODAY.com - Report: North Korean floods killed 549 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | The floods, which were spawned by heavy rains in mid-July, also destroyed nearly 4,500 homes and damaged more than 3,000 others, according to the report by the Choson Sinbo newspaper, which is published by a pro-North Korean association linked to the Pyongyang regime. |
 | | Choson Sinbo sometimes acts as an unofficial mouthpiece for the reclusive, communist North. |
 | | The death toll figure would represent a sharp increase from the official tally of 154 dead and 127 missing from the floods, according to the United Nations. |
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