In coastal towns, a torrent of grief
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SONANKUPPAM, India -- Huddled in hushed silence, an anxious crowd stood staring at the approaching motorboat. As six bloated corpses were pulled out and laid on the ground, the crisp morning air was shattered by the shrill wails of women who began to examine the bodies, in search of a missing family member.
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Swedes grieve the loss of many dead and missing in the Indian Ocean tsunami, writes Lars Bevanger in Stockholm.
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Sunday's tragedy in the Indian Ocean devastated local populations, but it also hit tourists hard.
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Soldiers are searching for bodies in treetops, families are weeping over the dead laid on beaches and rescuers are scouring coral isles for missing tourists as
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The devastation brought on by Hurricane Charley has been especially painful for an elderly population that is among the largest in the nation.
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Residents of the coastal town devastated by a mudslide that killed 10 people will be offered a package of federal loans and grants intended to help them relocate.
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Murder clues aren't easy to find along California's remote northern coast, frustrating the dozens of detectives who are trying to solve the slayings of two Christian camp counselors on an isolated beach.
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As developments sprout on once-empty sand, storms unleash fury on structures in their paths.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Survivors huddle in  clearings without food or shelter above the water-damage line  all along the tsunami-ravaged coast of Indonesia's Aceh  province, and corpses float for miles out to sea.
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Study finds more than 1,000 small towns have an uncertain future as larger centres and the internet take business away.
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The Big Easy became The Big Queasy on Tuesday as the usually laid-back party town worried about deadly Hurricane Ivan rumbling north through the Gulf of Mexico toward the US coast.
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FORT PIERCE, Fla. - The four-in-a-row hurricanes that have disrupted lives across Florida have also delayed life's final journey for many...
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In the northern Kenyan coastal town of Kilifi, a young mother grieves.
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In a close-knit town where many families gather this time of year to hunt deer, residents instead are sharing their grief for six hunters shot and killed in Wisconsin's northwoods.
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Pyres of victims who were killed by tidal waves burn on the beach at Alappad, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. - Their homes are in ruin, many have only the shirts on their backs...
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LAFAYETTE, Tenn. Feb. 7 -- All over this small town of tobacco farms and lumber mills, people began yesterday to grieve and pick up the mess left behind after one of the deadliest tornado strikes in state history.