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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The confirmed deaths in a mammoth Asian quake and tsunami soared above 55,000 on Wednesday as worst-hit Indonesia readied bulldozers to dig mass graves for corpses in a rush to ward off disease, which the UN health agency said
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Rescuers were anxious to discover the fate of 30,000 people unaccounted for in India's Andaman and Nicobar islands as the nationwide death toll from weekend tidal waves reached nearly 7,000.
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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 toll from Sunday&#39;s quake-tsunami devastation rocketed to more than 120,000 on Thursday as workers uncovered more bodies from Indonesia&#39;s Sumatra island.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - Rescuers scoured the sea for  missing tourists in Asia Monday and fears of disease grew as  emergency services struggled with rotting bodies from a  devastating tsunami that killed more than 22,000 people.
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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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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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Death toll rises to 64 as opposition and media ridicule lack of disaster planning.
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The Indonesian government said Wednesday the death toll from Sunday&#39;s earthquake and tidal waves could reach 40,000 in Aceh and North Sumatra provinces as more countries are pledging assistance.
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The confirmed death toll in Asia, after Sunday&#39;s massive earthquake and tsunamis, has surged past 125,000. Indonesia which bore the brunt of the catastrophe, has updated its toll to almost 80,000 with entire coastal villages washed away.
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Rescuers were anxious to discover the fate of 30,000 people unaccounted for in Andaman and Nicobar islands on Tuesday as the nationwide death toll from weekend tidal waves reached nearly 7,000.
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The death toll from Sunday's huge sea surges spirals towards 60,000 as recovery workers reach outlying areas.
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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 confirmed number of people killed in the massive earthquake and giant waves that struck Indian Ocean shorelines at the weekend passed 60,000 Wednesday, though experts warned the true toll could be far higher.
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Rescuers are anxious to discover the fate of 30,000 people unaccounted for in India&#39;s Andaman and Nicobar islands, as the nationwide death toll from weekend tidal waves reached nearly 7,000.
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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.