Indonesia Death Toll Up to 40,000, Seen Rising -- VP
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Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said on Wednesday the death toll from the weekend quake and tsunami had reached as high as 40,000 people. He said an estimated five percent of the 300,000 population of the Aceh's provincial capital, Banda Aceh, had died.
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Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla has predicted the death toll in the country could rise as high as 25,000. &quot;We don&#39;t have confirmed data, but I think between 21,000 and 25,000 people (died),&quot; the Antara state news agency quoted him as saying.
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The Australian death toll in Asia&#39;s tsunamis has risen to six and 11 others still missing are feared dead, the government said yesterday.
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The death toll from last month's Indian Ocean tsunami disaster rose towards a quarter of a million while floods hampered relief efforts in worst-hit Indonesia's Aceh province.
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The death toll in tsunami-hit Thailand could rise beyond 2,000 after some 1,000 bodies were spotted on a popular beach north of Phuket, Deputy Interior Minister Sutham Saengpratoom said on Tuesday.
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The mercilessness of Asia&#39;s tsunami grew clearer on Thursday as worst hit Indonesia sharply raised its death toll, taking the number of fatalities around the whole Indian Ocean region above 120,000.
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The death toll in Indonesia's Aceh province from a quake and tsunami that struck on Sunday might reach between 50,000 and 80,000, a UN official said.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The emergency relief  phase is nearly over in Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged Aceh  province and foreign militaries should scale back operations,  the government said Sunday as it raised its death toll by  7,000.
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Jakarta - The confirmed number of people killed in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that struck Indian Ocean shorelines at the weekend passed 60 000 on Wednesday, amid warnings the true toll could be far higher.
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The death toll from Sunday's quake disaster will rise yet further and may top 100,000, the Red Cross says.
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A total of 22,493 people have been  confirmed killed in Sri Lanka by a tsunami and the number is  rising, the government said on Wednesday, forecasting the toll  could pass the 30,000 mark.
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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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Indonesia's Health Ministry raised the  country's death toll from the Dec. 26 tsunami to 166,320  Wednesday, pushing the total number of people killed in the  disaster around the region above 225,000.
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The death toll from the epic tsunami that rocked 11 countries rose to 40,000 people Tuesday, and food and supplies poured into the region, part of what the UN said
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The death toll from Thursday's ferry fire in Indonesia rises to 41 as rescuers find 21 bodies, officials say.
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Indonesian Vice PresidentJusuf Kalla said Tuesday he estimated the death toll from the Sunday&#39;s quake and tidal wave could soar up to 25,000 in Aceh following an aerial
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia's death toll  from the weekend's tsunami soared past 27,000 on Wednesday, but  was expected to climb higher with many bodies still buried  under mud and rubble.