Tsunamis kill thousands
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MORE than 11,800 people have been killed and tens of thousands left homeless after a massive undersea earthquake triggered giant tsunami waves across Asia.
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The strongest earthquake in 40 years claimed 10,000 lives on Sunday as tsunamis spread across the Indian Ocean, devastating coastal areas of Sri Lanka, southern India and Indonesia, as well as Thailand and Malaysia.
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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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SINGAPORE, DECEMBER 28: The tsunami that has devastated parts of Asia and killed more than 28,400 has affected companies, economies and markets across the globe.
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Giant waves triggered by a massive earthquake have killed at least 3,000 people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia Dec 26, 2004 - The world&#39;s most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across Asia on Sunday, killing more than 3,000 people in five countries.
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MADRAS, India  - Wailing relatives gathered around  dozens of bodies on beaches in southern India Sunday after a  tsunami triggered by an earthquake in distant Indonesia killed  up to 3,000 people.
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At least 419 people have been killed and hundreds more are injured or missing as tsunami tidal waves unleashed by a massive earthquake off Indonesia hit the region.
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The death toll in the massive tsunamis triggered by a magnitude 8.7 earthquake in South and Southeast Asia on Sunday has reached over 55,000.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The death toll in the  earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit Asia has topped 6,300,  officials and local media said Sunday.
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The Red Cross says the death toll from one of the worst tsunamis in history could top 100,000, as more bodies are found from India to Indonesia.
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(Indianapolis-December 28, 2004) - The number of confirmed deaths from the tsunamis in South Asia is now more than 52,000. As that number continues to climb, efforts to reach out are gearing up here in Indianapolis.
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The most powerful earthquake in 40 years struck south Asia this morning, triggering tsunamis that smashed into villages, resorts and tourist isles, killing thousands and leaving hundreds missing.
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Officials said more than 14,000 people were killed in nine countries in southern Asia and Africa after massive tsunami waves smashed coastlines Sunday morning. A breakdown of the toll so far:
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Soldiers searched for bodies in treetops, families wept over the dead lined up on beaches and rescuers scoured coral isles for missing tourists as Asia counted the cost on Monday of a tsunami that killed at least 12,600.
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One of the most powerful earthquakes in history Sunday triggered a tsunami that swept across thousands of miles of shoreline in southern Asia, swamping fishing villages in India and Sri Lanka as well tourist resorts in Thailand and the Maldives, and
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The most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into coastlines across Asia today, killing more than 1,500 people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand.