Swedish PM Under Fire Over Tsunami Response
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Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson was defiant on Friday despite criticism his cabinet reacted too slowly to the Asian tsunami that may have killed more than 1,000 Swedes.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has conveyed to Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra its concern over the latest incident of violence in southern Thailand.
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The government&#39;s handling of what has become a national catastrophe for Sweden, as well as for the countries directly hit by Sunday&#39;s tsunami, has been fiercely criticised in thousands of letters and emails to newspapers and the foreign office.
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A government minister said Tuesday that Indonesia received warnings from two regional agencies that the powerful undersea earthquake had the potential to trigger a tsunami, but it did not try to pass them on to threatened communities.
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Many Swedes are missing in tsunami-stricken southern Thailand, Swedish diplomat Lenart Hamark said on Tuesday. Hamark, who is running an emergency centre on the resort
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Scandinavian countries fear the tsunami killed hundreds of their nationals in Thailand, along with other tourists.
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The Prime Minister declares a state of emergency whilst alleging sabotage
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More than a week after Asia's deadly tsunami, Sweden has revised the number of dead and missing Swedish, according to Radio Sweden on Monday.
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Congo Dem. Rep. REUTERS, STOCKHOLM:Dec 31: Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds, who returned on Friday from tsunami-devastated Thailand, said she believed the total death toll from the disaster in the ...
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Papers in Sweden and Norway question their governments' response to the tsunami disaster.
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Swedish police on Thursday revised downwards the number of Swedes missing after the December 26 Asian tsunami to 523 from 569 a week ago, indicating that the latest figure could be close to final.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin met with key cabinet ministers and diplomats Sunday to talk about Ottawa's response to the tsunami crisis that has devastated south Asia.
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On Thursday afternoon Sweden&#39;s prime minister GÃ¶ran Persson warned that 1,000 Swedes could have died following the tsunami triggered by Sunday morning&#39;s earthquake off the coast of Sumatra.
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Thailand's prime minister pledges a probe into why early warnings were not given ahead of Sunday's tsunami.
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PATTANI, Thailand  - Thai Prime Minister Thaksin  Shinawatra called a meeting of top security advisers on  Thursday amid concerns Muslim outrage could trigger reprisal  attacks in the far south where 85 protesters died this week.
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Sweden holds a memorial service for victims of Asia's tsunami today, seeking to deal with what may be its worst loss of life for 200 years.
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With some 1,500 Swedes remainingmissing in Thailand, Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds has called the disaster in Asia a &quot;national trauma&quot; for Sweden, Radio Sweden reported on Tuesday.