＜ As Rafael Nadal was enjoying his first-ever victory in Wimbledon, five-time winner Roger Federer considered his defeat the worst loss of his career.＞
Burmese state television on Friday nearly doubled the official death toll in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, putting the figure at 77,738 with around 56,000 still missing. FRANCE 24's Anaïs Boussat and Alice Beaumont report from Burma.
At least 15,000 people have died and 30 000 more are missing in Burma after cyclone Nargis hit the south of the country on Friday and Saturday. Hundreds of thousands are homeless, according to United Nations officials.
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