Massive rescue efforts as Asian quake and tsunami toll over 23,200
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Massive rescue operations were scrambled along Asia's devastated coastlines as the death toll from a powerful earthquake and the giant tidal waves it unleashed rose to more than 23,200 and hopes faded for many thousands more still missing.
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MADRAS, 28 December 2004 - Grief and anguish marked final rituals across Southeast Asia yesterday as relatives buried or cremated their loved ones; and the death toll from a powerful earthquake and the giant tidal waves it unleashed crossed 25,000.
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GALLE: Stricken countries on the Indian Ocean worked swiftly on Wednesday to bury thousands of bodies as the the tsunami toll across asia reached 68,000 with more than 12,000 dead in India.
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[India News]: New Delhi/Chennai, Dec.28 : Though the total extent of Tsunami-related deaths and devastation is yet to emerge across south and southeast Asian coastlines, the combined toll is said to have crossed the 27,000 mark on Tuesday and at least
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MORE than 11,800 people have been killed and tens of thousands left homeless after a massive undersea earthquake triggered giant tsunami waves across Asia.
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The scale of devastation wrought by sea surges that killed about 23,000 people on Asia&#39;s shores is starting to emerge. The death toll is still climbing, thousands are missing and millions have been made homeless
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COLOMBO, DEC 27: The death toll in a tsunami that slammed into coasts from India to Indonesia topped 21,000 on Monday as rescuers scoured the sea for missing tourists and soldiers raced to recover bodies amid growing fears of disease.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Desperate relief workers are struggling to get food and water to the millions of Asia&#39;s tsunami victims facing starvation and disease as the death toll passes 120,000, from what the UN has called &quot;an unprecedented global
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Nearly 220,000 people are confirmed dead in the Asian tsunami after Indonesia raises its toll dramatically.
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From antibiotics to clothes to cash &#151; lots of it &#151; U.S.-based relief groups report an overwhelming response from donors moved by the devastation of the Indian Ocean tsunami, with more than &#36;200 million raised as of Tuesday. One charity said online pledges were coming in at the rate of &#36;100,000 an hour.
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The toll from an earthquake on Indonesia's Sumatra island last week has risen to 21 dead and 88 injured, while more than 13,000 homes were destroyed or damaged, officials said on Saturday.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The death toll in an Asian  earthquake and tsunami Sunday has jumped to more than 6,300,  according to officials and local media.
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The death toll in the massive tsunamis triggered by a magnitude 8.7 earthquake in South and Southeast Asia on Sunday has reached over 55,000.
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Rescuers piled up bodies along Asian coastlines devastated by quake created wave waves that obliterated seaside towns and killed at least 23,700 people in nine countries, aid officials said.
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[World News]: Colombo, Dec 28 : The death toll in the tsunami disaster in Sri Lanka continued to mount by hundreds Tuesday, with unconfirmed reports putting it at as high as 19,000, with hundreds still missing.
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About 3,000 people were killed, over 2,000 in Sri Lanka alone, and many more reported missing as a massive earthquake hit Sumatra island of Indonesia triggering huge tidal waves in coastal parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand.
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AFTERSHOCKS were felt in Japan last night, two days after the countryâs deadliest earthquake for nearly a decade claimed at least 23 lives.