Tsunami marked three years on
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Ceremonies have been taking place to mark the third anniversary of the devastating Asian Tsunami.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Waves changed Aceh forever. The December 2004 tsunami devastated the coastline, wiping out villages and killing thousands in its wake. Yet two years on, surfer Rizal Dharlis stares with a smile at the waves crashing off Lhok Nga as he digs his toes into the white sand beach. He watches as young Acehnese surfers vie to catch a ride.
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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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The magnitude of the tsunami that remade the coasts of the Asian subcontinent was slowly gauged across the world.
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Indonesia was shaken Thursday by the third powerful earthquake in less than 24 hours, and survivors described watching in horror as the ocean retreated and raced back to shore as a 10-foot-high tsunami.
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The magnitude of the tsunami that killed tens of thousands and remade the coasts of the Asian subcontinent was slowly gauged across the world.
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More than 12,300 people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless after a powerful undersea earthquake unleashed giant tsunami waves that crashed into the coasts of south and southeast Asia.
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CALANG, Indonesia  - Hundreds of Indonesians prayed at mass graves in Aceh province on Wednesday, while in Thailand Buddhist monks held a ceremony to remember the many thousands who died in the Indian Ocean tsunami three years ago.
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Three years after the disaster, normality is creeping back in Banda Aceh, but the underlying economy hasn't yet healed
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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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Wailing relatives gathered around dozens of bodies on beaches in southern India on Sunday after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake in distant Indonesia killed up to 3,000 people.
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The warning system worked perfectly. From sensors far offshore, Japanese meteorologists detected a tsunami headed toward the southern island of Ishigaki in March 2002 and quickly warned residents of the possible danger.
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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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Sport: Three years after town felt the full force of the Boxing Day tsunami, the stadium prepares for a Test match
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CIWANDAN, Indonesia  - Thousands of Indonesian factory workers and villagers scrambled up the hills of Java island on Wednesday as sirens blared in a drill to mark the third anniversary of the deadly Asian tsunami.
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Indonesia's Aceh needs three more years to rebuild itself after the December 2004 tsunami, the head of the province's reconstruction agency said.
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Areas hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami  slowly return to some kind of normality, but signs of devastation are everywhere.