Sweden Fears Worst as First Tsunami Dead Come Home
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The first Swedish dead from the Asian  tsunami came home on Wednesday morning to a nation which fears  it may have suffered its worst loss of life for 200 years.
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Scandinavian countries are preparing themselves for national tragedies as realization dawns that most of the Europeans missing after the south Asian tsunami are from Sweden and Norway.
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Signs of the start of a return to normality emerge across Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged province of Aceh.
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STOCKHOLM  - Half a world away from the havoc of the tidal waves in Asia, Scandinavians desperate for information about loved ones gone missing while on holiday scoured the Internet for news amid reports that thousands of them may have perished.
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The first coffins with dead Swedish tourists are being flown back to the capital, Stockholm, from Thailand following the Asian tsunami disaster.
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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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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Desperate survivors  huddle in clearings without food or shelter above the water  line all along the tsunami-ravaged coast of Indonesia's Aceh  province, and corpses float as far as 20 miles out to sea.
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Sweden now seems likely to be the Western country hardest hit by the tsunamis that wrecked the southern Asian coastlines the day after Christmas and killed more than 100,000 people.
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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 miles out to sea.
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Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson is facing growing criticism over his cabinet's slow reaction to the scope of the Asian tsunami, which may have killed over 1,000 Swedes.
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STOCKHOLM  - At least 1,600 Swedes were still missing Tuesday in Thailand following the giant tidal waves that devastated coastal resorts in the country, according to estimates from tour operators.
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Sweden held a memorial service Monday for victims of Asia's tsunami in an effort to deal with what may be its worst loss of life for 200 years.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Dead bodies littered the  streets of this provincial capital in northern Indonesia on  Tuesday as fears rose the country's death toll from Sunday's  earthquake and tsunami would exceed 25,000.
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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 first Swedish dead from the Asian tsunami have come home to a nation which fears it may have suffered its worst loss of life for 200 years.
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The Swedish government on Sunday revised down both the death toll and the number of missing tourists from last Sunday's tsunami in Asia.
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The government said on Sunday a large number of the people missing since the Dec. 26 tsunami may have died.