Tsunami Victims Prey to Crime from Asia to Europe
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Thieves, rapists, kidnappers and hoaxers are preying on tsunami survivors and families of victims in Asian refugee camps and hospitals and in the home countries of European tourists hit by the wave.
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As the coffins of the first Swedish victims were brought home, Europe was to fall silent in memory of thousands of its nationals now thought to have been consumed by the tsunamis in south Asia.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thai survivors of Asia's tsunami disaster have complained they are second-class victims, with foreign tourists getting the best care. Now aid officials say a third class of victims in Thailand has emerged: migrant workers from Burma.
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Chicago Tribune - The Indian Ocean tsunami that has wrought such awesome destruction upon the poorest nations of Asia also hit hard in wealthy Europe.
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Instead of the beach or mountains, more tourists now spend their vacations at sites of disaster and depravity
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LONDON -- Throughout Europe, people bowed their heads for a three-minute silence yesterday at noon in remembrance of the more than 150,000 victims of the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami. Hundreds of Europeans are known to have died in the devastating tsunami, and thousands remain missing.
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Across nations and religions there has been a search for explanations of why the tsunami killed some and not others.
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Thieves, rapists, kidnappers and  hoaxers are preying on tsunami survivors and families of  victims in Asian refugee camps, hospitals and in the home  countries of European tourists hit by the wave.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Reeking corpses rotted in  the tropical sun from India to Indonesia on Wednesday and many  who escaped death from one of the worst tsunamis in history  fought for survival against thirst and disease.
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UK survivors in Phuket and nearby islands, in Thailand, realise how close they came to being killed by the tsunami .
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The fact that the tsunami happened at the peak of tourist season could deter others from coming in the future. Other countries weren&#39;t hit as hard.
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Thousands of people were killed and millions made homeless by recent tsunamis in southeastern Asia. The American Red Cross has set up a disaster relief fund.
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European insurers face new costs and travel firms could lose business after tsunami waves killed more than 21,500 in Asia this weekend, but the financial impact is expected to be limited compared with other ...
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The stories of Britons caught up in the sea surges across south and east Asia. My beautiful sister Lisa died when the tsunami hit the tiny Koh Phra Thong island in Thailand.
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PHUKET, Thailand  - Interpol and 20 national  police forces launched history's biggest disaster victim  identification system Tuesday to unravel the mesh of forensic  data from the bodies of more than 5,000 tsunami dead in  Thailand.
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Families throughout Europe are spending anxious hours desperate for news of loved ones after giant waves slammed into some of Asia's most popular resorts at peak season, killing thousands of people.
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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.