Tsunami probe after alert of risk to Ireland
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A GOVERNMENT team has been appointed to assess whether Ireland is at risk of being hit by a tsunami following the disaster in Asia that claimed more than 280,000 lives.
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Tsunami scientists and public safety officials are closely watching an earthquake-prone nation with thousands of miles of crowded coastlines for signs of an imminent disaster. Indonesia? Japan? Try the United States.
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Details are emerging daily about Britons killed, or missing presumed dead, as a result of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Police are investigating a series of hoax e-mails sent to those with loved ones missing after the Asian tsunami.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- A day after a tsunami killed at least 24,500 people in 10 countries, governments of nations along the Indian Ocean began to consider a comprehensive warning system Monday so that lives can be saved in future natural disasters.
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Nations on the Indian Ocean from Indonesia to Sri Lanka searched amongst the wreckage of a devastating Tsunami for bodies to bury today as fears grew the toll would exceed the 29,000 now reported killed.
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Denver: The high death toll in Asia caused by a massive tsunami might have been reduced had India and Sri Lanka been part of an international warning system designed to warn coastal communities about deadly waves, scientists say.
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The Indian government triggered panic and confusion on Thursday when it warned that a second tsunami could strike the country&#39;s south-eastern coastline - only to rescind its formal alert several hours later.
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Thai and US officials have dispatched a ship carrying a tsunami warning device designed to protect millions of people around the Indian Ocean from a repeat of the catastrophe two years ago.
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The U.S. weather agency didn't have the phone numbers nor staff to alert all Indian Ocean coastal countries when it saw the first signs that tsunamis could be heading their way, its top official said Thursday. He cautioned that the Caribbean and Atlantic also lack an early warning system.
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Scientists from about 150 countries have started work on an action plan to save lives during disasters through planning and warnings amid the shock over the Asian tsunami catastrophe.
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The public is being asked to help monitor Northern Ireland seal colonies following an outbreak of a deadly virus.
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The Indian Ocean tsunami has pushed disaster early warning to the top of the agenda at a meeting of the world's small islands, potentially crowding out concerns about climate change and trade, some delegates say.
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The state government in India's Tamil  Nadu state, which bore the brunt of the Indian Ocean tsunami,  on Thursday issued a tsunami alert and warned people to leave  coastal areas.
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The full scale of the impact of the tsunami disaster on the United Kingdom was disclosed yesterday when the Foreign Office said that about 200 Britons were feared dead.
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By Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Indochina Correspondent May Ying Welsh. PHUKET, Thailand : The Thai government will set up an inquiry into why the public was not given early warning of the tsunamis, which smashed into the kingdom&#39;s southern provinces.
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The body of an Irishwoman who was a victim of the Asian tsunami disaster is found in Thailand.