Race to bury Asia&#39;s dead as toll soars near 60,000
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Stricken Indian Ocean nations worked swiftly on Wednesday to bury thousands of bodies as experts warned disease could kill as many people as the 60,000 already dead from the violent crush of Sunday&#39;s tsunami.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - An army of aid workers  raced on Tuesday to deliver food and water to millions of  tsunami victims and the U.N. warned a death toll of 150,000  would climb as more bodies are found and disease stalks  survivors.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - An army of aid workers  raced on Tuesday to deliver food and water to millions of  tsunami victims and the United Nations warned a death toll of  150,000 would climb as more bodies are found and disease stalks  survivors.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Up to 5 million people  around the Indian Ocean waited for food and clean water on  Thursday as nations hit by one of the biggest tsunamis on  record rush to bury their dead and avert the threat of disease.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Survivors in seven countries  on the shores of the Indian Ocean scrabbled frantically through  debris and devastation for their loved ones on Tuesday as the  death toll climbed inexorably toward 40,000.
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The number of dead was approaching 24,000 Monday in the wake of Sunday&#39;s South Asia earthquake and devastating tsunamis. Eight Americans have been reported dead, and US Secretary of State Colin Powell says several hundred more are missing.
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KHAO LAK, Thailand  - Foreign forensic experts  joined the desperate race to identify Thailand's tsunami  victims as the death toll and the number of missing mounted on  Thursday.
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Foreign forensic experts joined the desperate race to identify Thailand&#39;s tsunami victims as the death toll and the number of missing mounted on Thursday.
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Aid pledges for Asia's tsunami victims topped 1.6 billion dollars on a tide of New Year sympathy, but the United Nations warned it would take weeks for help to reach many survivors and that the death toll would likely rise to 150,000.
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NAGAPATTINAM, India: Relief workers raced Wednesday to bury decaying corpses amid fears of disease as the death toll in India from towering tidal waves that crashed into shorelines climbed above 9,000 and kept rising.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world poured money  into tsunami-battered Asia on Saturday, as aid workers, troops  and grieving locals worked frantically to bury thousands of  rotting corpses and help millions threatened by disease.
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Thousands of bodies lay rotting and unidentified on lawns and streets of battered Sumatra island Wednesday and authorities called out bulldozers to dig mass graves, as the number killed in a mammoth earthquake and tsunami soared above 55,000 with tens of thousands still missing. The U.N. health agency warned that disease could double the toll yet again.
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Tens of thousands more bodies have been found in the sea and wreckage of coastal towns around the Indian Ocean, pushing the death toll from Sunday&#39;s tsunami close to 60,000.
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The death count across Asia and Africa soared to nearly 77,000 and aid officials said it was likely to surpass 100,000, even as as workers rushed to bury corpses to ward off disease, report newswires.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka (Agencies): The sea and wreckage of coastal towns around the Indian Ocean yielded up tens of thousands of bodies on Tuesday, pushing the toll from Sunday&#39;s tsunami over 60,000.
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Soldiers searched for bodies in  treetops, families wept over the dead laid on beaches and  rescuers scoured coral isles for missing tourists as Asia  counted the cost on Monday of a tsunami that killed more than  15,500.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The world poured money  into tsunami-battered Asia Saturday, as aid workers, troops and  grieving locals worked frantically to bury thousands of rotting  corpses and help millions threatened by disease.