British lives claimed by Asia quake
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The identities of many Britons killed by the Indian Ocean tsunami begin to emerge as the death toll rises.
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The British government pledged 15 million pounds (21.3 million euros, 28.9 million dollars) for the aid effort to help survivors of the tidal waves which have devastated Asian coastlines.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (27/12/04) - Some 14â000 people have been reportedly killed, many more missing and over a million displaced in south and southeast Asia after a powerful earthquake triggered off giant tidal waves or Tsunami slammed the coastal areas
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Perhaps 10,000 tourists from Britain were in the vast southern swath of Asia hit by a powerful earthquake and killer tidal waves, the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) said.
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The foreign secretary said 49 Britons had been confirmed dead and 391 remained unaccounted for after Asia's tsunami.
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A Scots-based rescue team is on stand-by to travel to southern Asia after 6,000 people died in an earthquake.
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The number of Britons killed or likely to have perished in the Asian tsunami has risen to 453, Tony Blair says.
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The Asian tsunami disaster is now known to have claimed 29 British lives, with dozens more Britons still missing.
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The British government says it will give at least Â£15m to help the victims of the Asian earthquake.
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LONDON In messages to radio and television stations and news agencies back home, tourists from Britain described the tsunami destruction in Asia on Sunday.
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A devastating tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake has killed more than 14,000 and left thousands of British holidaymakers stranded in Asia.
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As many as 10,226 people were killed and thousands more were missing after the most powerful earthquake for 40 years triggered giant tidal waves that slammed into coastal areas across Asia.
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Britain is ready to help those hit by the Asian earthquake in any way it can, Tony Blair has said. The &quot;world is united in sorrow&quot;, he said, for those affected by the devastating tidal wave which has killed about 68,000 people in 12 countries.
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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.
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PRESSURE mounted on Tony Blair last night to send British troops to the Asian communities ravaged by the tsunami to help rebuild devastated infrastructures as the death toll neared 150,000. He told The Herald ...
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At least 29 Britons have been confirmed dead in the tsunami that swept Asian coastlines, the Foreign Office said while carefully avoiding specifying how many it thought were missing.
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LONDON: A 37 year-old British woman who received a marriage proposal on Saturday lost her two small children and future husband less than 24 hours later when they were swept away in floodwater that devastated southern Asia, her family said.