40,000 now confirmed dead
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The death toll from the epic tsunami that rocked 11 countries rose to 40,000 people today, and food and supplies poured into the region, part of what the UN said would be the biggest relief effort the world has ever seen.
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European governments said that dozens of their nationals were killed in the devastating tidal waves that hit south and southeast Asia amid fears of more still missing, including many presumed to have been swept out to sea.
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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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A sharp increase in the number of middle-aged people drinking themselves to death was revealed yesterday
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Monday that 159 Britons are thought to have been victims of the Asian tsunamis, in addition to the 40 British citizens confirmed as dead.
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A total of 24 Britons have been confirmed dead in the tidal wave disaster that swept Asian coastlines following a massive undersea earthquake, the Foreign Office said.
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The UN believes more than 150,000  died in Asia's tsunami waves after an earthquake almost a week ago.
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The bodies of 40 men who were shot and had their hands and feet bound have been found in the capital over the past 24 hours, police said Thursday.
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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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Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla said on Wednesday the death toll from the weekend quake and tsunami had reached as high as 40,000 people.
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Thousands of bodies lay rotting and unidentified on lawns and streets of battered Sumatra island Wednesday and authorities called out bulldozers to dig mass graves, as the number killed in a mammoth earthquake and tsunami soared above 55,000 with tens of thousands still missing. The U.N. health agency warned that disease could double the toll yet again.
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Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw  said on Friday the number of British victims of the Asian  tsunami may be 440, of which 49 have been confirmed dead.
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The confirmed death toll in Asia, after Sunday&#39;s massive earthquake and tsunamis, has surged past 125,000. Indonesia which bore the brunt of the catastrophe, has updated its toll to almost 80,000 with entire coastal villages washed away.
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At least 42 people, including many elderly, children and tourists, were killed in Malaysia and many more were missing from the worst-hit area on the holiday resort island of Penang, rescue officials said.
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Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla  said on Wednesday the death toll from the weekend quake and  tsunami had reached as high as 40,000 people. He said an  estimated five percent of the 300,000 population of the Aceh's  provincial capital, Banda Aceh, had died.
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More than 10,000 people die across Asia in massive waves triggered by the largest earthquake in 40 years.
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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