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| | Floods in India leave death toll near 1,000 |
 | | In Mumbai alone, hundreds have died in the city of over 15 million since Tuesday due to landslides, drowning, electrocution in flooded streets and even by suffocating in their cars as they waited out the rains for many hours. |
 | | Johny Joseph, the municipal commissioner of Mumbai, admitted "the administration is stretched and continuing rains are proving to be hurdle," in restoring civic services. |
 | | S.G. Danle, deputy municipal commissioner of Mumbai, said 30,000 health workers were working in the city and suburbs informing people how to prevent outbreaks of disease. |
| www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2005-08/01/content_465011.htm (774 words) |
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