Panic as Sri Lanka minister triggers fears of another tsunami
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Thousands of people living on Sri Lanka's tsunami-battered coasts fled inland after comments by a minister triggered fears that more massive waves were about to hit the island.
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A Sri Lankan government minister was taken hostage by a TV station after he complained it had failed to cover one of his speeches. By John Plunkett
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KALMUNAI, Sri Lanka Abdul Hamid Ansar woke up before dawn, whispered prayers, gulped down a cup of steaming tea and resumed his surreal new existence: overseer of Sri Lanka&#39;s coast of death.
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TOKYO - The Foreign Ministry has set up an ad hoc office in the wake of Sunday&#39;s tsunamis triggered by a big earthquake that left nearly 10,000 people dead throughout Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and Indonesia, ministry officials said Monday.
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The disastrous tidal waves that killed nearly 11,000 people in Sri Lanka have severely hit the island's economy, former prime minister and leader of the opposition Ranil Wickremesinghe warned.
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India's Tamil Nadu state, which bore the brunt of the Indian Ocean tsunami, issues a new tsunami alert.
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Thousands of Sri Lankans panicked and  fled miles inland on Thursday after hearing reports a new  tsunami was on its way.
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Inhabitants of war-torn northern Sri Lanka are having difficulty coming to terms with the new tragedy of the Asian tsunami, says the BBC's Frances Harrison.
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Sri Lanka bears the brunt of Sunday's sea surges with nearly 11,000 dead and up to a million displaced.
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At least 74 people were killed and 400 fishermen feared missing after a tsunami hit the southern Indian coast early on Sunday, police and government officials said.
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Indonesia's meteorology agency issued a tsunami warning on Friday after another strong earthquake struck southern Sumatra island.
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Sri Lanka faces a $1.3bn (Â£691m)  bill in 2005 for reconstruction after the tsunami which killed more than 30,000 of its people, its central bank says.
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COLOMBO A military spokesman raised the estimated number of deaths in Sri Lanka caused by devastating waves by more than 5,000 people on Monday, increasing estimates of the death toll from the regional catastrophe to more than 20,000 people.
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Tens of thousands of Indians fled in terror from coastal areas devastated by killer tsunamis after the authorities sounded a new alert which a minister later admitted had been ill-judged.
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Indian Ocean states from Indonesia to  Sri Lanka scrambled on Tuesday to cope with the widespread  devastation of a tsunami that killed over 23,000 people and  could claim more lives through disease and privation.
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Sri Lanka bears the brunt of Sunday's sea surges with more than 2,400 dead and up to a million displaced.
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NEW DELHI - The Indian government on Thursday issued fresh alerts for all areas hit by the weekend&#39;s killer tsunami, prompting panic-stricken people to flee coastal areas.