Giant waves damage S Asia economy
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Governments, aid agencies, insurers and travel firms are counting the cost of the massive earthquake and waves that hammered southern Asia.
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Fears about the possibility of a recession in the US economy send Asian shares falling.
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The tsunami catastrophe in Asia has wreaked economic damage of more than $13.6 billion, the world&#39;s largest reinsurer estimates.
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The huge scale of the Asian quake disaster is making it difficult to assess the economic impact, the World Bank says.
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Tidal waves like those that wreaked havoc across Asia can travel at hundreds of kilometres (miles) per hour and even gain strength as they cross the ocean -- often causing disastrous results far from their origin.
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More than 12,000 people are known to have died after a massive underwater earthquake sent giant waves crashing into coastlines across southern Asia.
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Indonesia's rust-bucket  ferries are a symbol of the decrepit infrastructure which has  plagued Southeast Asia's biggest economy and prevented it from  matching China's meteoric growth rate.
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As oil prices keep setting new record highs, there are growing concerns that Asia's energy-hungry economies can no longer continue absorbing the impact with crude creeping toward 60 dollars a barrel.
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The most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into coastlines across Asia, killing more than 1,500 people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand.
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REGIONAL stock markets and currencies fell and the price of gold shot up yesterday as traders in Southeast Asia attempted to assess the cost of the disastrous tsunamis that swept the region.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The world's biggest  earthquake in 40 years hit southern Asia Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India, drowning  thousands and swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the  Maldives.
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More than 12,300 people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless after a powerful undersea earthquake unleashed giant tsunami waves that crashed into the coasts of south and southeast Asia.
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HONG KONG/SINGAPORE  - Asian financial markets were roiled on Wednesday by the widening damage caused by the U.S. subprime mortgage sector meltdown, with investors fearing more negative surprises will emerge in the region.
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Yhousands of people are reported dead around southern Asia, most by massive waves that smashed coastlines around the region after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake in Indonesia on Sunday morning, followed by reports of a strong aftershock felt in the
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How a massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered sea surges and the deaths of thousands of people.
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Asian stocks and currencies fell on  Monday after tsunami waves triggered by the world's worst  earthquake in 40 years killed nearly 15,000 people and wreaked  havoc on tourist beaches.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND -- A statesman, a supermodel and a skier were among the vacationers whose search for some peace and sun in tropical southern Asia was ripped apart by the horror of the massive earthquake and tsunami waves that tore through the region