Sri Lanka Says 22,493 Dead, Toll Could Pass 30,000
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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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Rescuers piled up bodies along southern Asian coastlines devastated by tidal waves that obliterated seaside towns and killed more than 22,000 people in nine countries, and officials indicated Monday the death toll could climb far higher.
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Sri Lankan troops have killed at least 29 Tamil Tiger rebels, taking the two-day death toll to 44 amid fresh fighting in the island's north, the military said on Saturday.
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Nations on the Indian Ocean from  Indonesia to Sri Lanka struggled on Tuesday to find and bury  their dead and help the survivors of a tsunami as fears grew  the final toll would far exceed the 27,700 people reported  killed.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka (Agencies): The sea and wreckage of coastal towns around the Indian Ocean yielded up tens of thousands of bodies on Tuesday, pushing the toll from Sunday&#39;s tsunami over 60,000.
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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 human toll from the earthquake-spawned tsunamis that swamped an epic swath of South Asia climbed to 26,000 dead yesterday, and with tens of thousands still missing is bound to soar even higher.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - Thousands of frantic Sri  Lankans searched corpse-strewn rubble for relatives along the  Indian Ocean island's devastated coastline on Tuesday as the  nation's death toll from a deadly tsunami rose above 12,200.
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Fierce fighting erupted in northern Sri Lanka Monday as government forces mounted a fresh push into territory held by Tiger rebels, with the official death toll from the new clashes at more than 50.
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Rescue workers have pulled corpses from canals and water-logged fields in India, and the government has warned the death toll of almost 7,400 from a tsunami that lashed the country&#39;s south will rise further.
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GALLE, Sri Lanka  - The sea and wreckage of  coastal towns all around the Indian Ocean yielded up tens of  thousands of bodies on Tuesday, pushing the toll from Sunday's  tsunami past 50,000.
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The death toll from the killer waves unleashed across the Indian Ocean by the megaquake climbed inexorably toward 50,000 tonight. Indonesia believes at least 25,000 people died on Sumatra island - 10,000
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Sri Lanka mobilised its entire public service and the military into an internationally-backed relief operation to stave off hunger and disease as the tsunami death toll neared 22,500.
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Sri Lanka's military said on Friday troops had killed 35 Tamil Tigers in a series of land clashes in the island's north in 24 hours as the death toll from renewed civil war climbs inexorably higher.
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Sri Lanka's military said on Friday troops had killed 29 Tamil Tigers in a series of land clashes over 24 hours, as the death toll from renewed civil war continued its inexorable climb.
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More than 300 people are feared dead in  the first tsunami to hit coastal Sri Lanka in 16 years, the  military spokesman said on Sunday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The global death toll  from the Asian tsunami shot above 226,000 Wednesday after  Indonesia's Health Ministry confirmed the deaths of tens of  thousands of people previously listed as missing.