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Rain stops in Vietnam but flood toll rises to 92
Nov 5 2008, AP

Pumps ran nonstop in the Vietnamese capital Wednesday to clear water following the city’s worst rainfall in 35 years, in storms that sparked flooding across large sections of the country and left 92 people dead.

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Fifteen-year-old Lai Thi Dao waves to members of the media as she leaves Jackson Memorial Medical Center after a news conference Tuesday, April 22, 2008, in Miami. The Vietnamese girl has a 16-pound facial tumor and is in Miami awaiting surgery that will...

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