Tsunami death toll reaches 22,000
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The carnage from an earthquake-driven tidal wave that devastated coastlines from Asia to Africa doubled to more than 22,000 dead yesterday
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Jakarta - The confirmed number of people killed in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that struck Indian Ocean shorelines at the weekend passed 60 000 on Wednesday, amid warnings the true toll could be far higher.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Thousands of bodies remain sprawled, unidentified on lawns and streets of battered Sumatra island Wednesday as the number killed in a mammoth earthquake and tsunami soared above 60,000 with tens of thousands still missing.
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The official death toll in India from a massive tsunami that crashed into coastal communities has reached 8,955 while 3,874 more people were missing and presumed dead, the government said.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The death toll in the  earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit Asia has topped 6,300,  officials and local media said Sunday.
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[India News]: New Delhi/Chennai, Dec.28 : Though the total extent of Tsunami-related deaths and devastation is yet to emerge across south and southeast Asian coastlines, the combined toll is said to have crossed the 27,000 mark on Tuesday and at least
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THE sea and wreckage of coastal towns all around the Indian Ocean yielded up tens of thousands of bodies today, pushing the toll from Sunday&#39;s tsunami past 59,000.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - Rescuers scoured the sea for  missing tourists and fishermen in Asia Monday and fears of  disease grew as emergency services struggled with rotting  bodies from a devastating tsunami that killed more than 22,700  people.
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The international community pledged more relief efforts for tsunami-devastated South and Southeast Asian countries Thursday as the death toll from the worst earthquake and tsunamis climbed to over 115,000. UN ...
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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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A total of 22,493 people have been  confirmed killed in Sri Lanka by a tsunami and the number is  rising, the government said on Wednesday, forecasting the toll  could pass the 30,000 mark.
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Indonesia raises the estimated number of dead in the December tsunami to more than 220,000.
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Rescuers scoured the sea for missing  tourists and fishermen in Asia Monday and fears of disease grew  as emergency services struggled with rotting bodies from a  devastating tsunami that killed more than 22,700 people.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The death toll from an  earthquake and tsunami that struck Indonesia's Sumatra island  two days ago has reached 7,072 in Aceh province, according to a  list shown to journalists on Tuesday by a provincial official.
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Officials said more than 14,000 people were killed in nine countries in southern Asia and Africa after massive tsunami waves smashed coastlines Sunday morning. A breakdown of the toll so far:
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Hunger stalks survivors of the tsunami in outlying villages of Indonesia, the United Nations said, as the death toll from the Indian Ocean disaster soared above 226,000.
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The official death toll from the Asian tsunami climbed dramatically to 147,000 Friday and authorities held out little hope for tens of thousands still missing. Flying over miles of ravaged shoreline, a shaken U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked: "You wonder where are the people? What has happened to them?"