Thai tsunami toll may rise above 2,000 - minister
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The death toll in tsunami-hit Thailand could rise beyond 2,000 after some 1,000 bodies were spotted on a popular beach north of Phuket, Deputy Interior Minister Sutham Saengpratoom said on Tuesday.
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The death toll from a deadly tsunami that devastated Thailand&#39;s southern tourist playground surged close to 400 as rescue workers worked overnight, retrieving bodies and searching for injured.
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More people could be killed by disease after the Asian tsunami by the disaster itself, a health expert warns.
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KHAO LAK, Thailand  - The tsunami which ripped  apart tourist-packed Khao Lak beach in southern Thailand may  have killed 3,000 people there, district police chief Col Aroon  Klaewvatee said on Wednesday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia's death toll  from the weekend's tsunami soared past 27,000 on Wednesday, but  was expected to climb higher with many bodies still buried  under mud and rubble.
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The human toll from the earthquake-spawned tsunamis that swamped an epic swath of South Asia climbed to 26,000 dead yesterday, and with tens of thousands still missing is bound to soar even higher.
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Indonesia's vice president predicts the death toll in the country could rise as high as 25,000.
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A Thai expert said on Monday he tried to warn the government a deadly tsunami might be sweeping toward tourist-packed beaches, but couldn't find anyone to take his calls.
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Disease could double the death toll from  the tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean region at the weekend, a  top World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday.
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The number of victims of the  Asian tsunami needing food stands at 1.8 million and could rise  further, a United Nations official said on Sunday.
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Indonesia's Health Ministry declared Wednesday that more than 70,000 people previously listed as missing are dead, significantly raising its estimate for the death toll from last month's tsunami.
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Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds, who has returned from tsunami-devastated Thailand, says she believes the total death toll from the disaster in the region was rising towards 200,000.
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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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The government said on Sunday a large number of the people missing since the Dec. 26 tsunami may have died.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The United Nations warned  on Wednesday Asia's tsunami death toll could double to about  300,000 unless survivors received clean water and other basic  services by the end of the week to prevent disease.
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Indonesia's Health Ministry raised the country's death toll from the Dec. 26 tsunami to 166,320 Wednesday, pushing the total number of people killed in the disaster around the region above 225,000.
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Aid pledges for Asia's tsunami victims topped 1.6 billion dollars on a tide of New Year sympathy, but the United Nations warned it would take weeks for help to reach many survivors and that the death toll would likely rise to 150,000.