Ferry Sinking Haunts Finland Decade Later
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We still stand behind these findings, Kari Lehtola, the retired head of the Finnish team on the commission, told The Associated Press.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Among the legions of traumatized Sri Lankan fishermen whose lives were ravaged by the tsunami are many who are not sure they can go back to the simple lives they and their families once led by the sea.
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Undersea tourists and souvenir  hunters are hastening the decay of the Titanic, says U.S.  explorer Bob Ballard who discovered the world's most famous  shipwreck nearly 20 years ago.
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Explorers have discovered a century-old shipwrecked ore carrier that sank mysteriously during a Lake Superior storm less than two months after it was launched.
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A memorial service commemorating the tenth anniversary of the sinking of the passenger ferry Estonia filled Turku Cathedral on Tuesday.
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The 10th anniversary of the Estonia ferry catastrophe a ' the worst in European peacetime history a ' was marked at the beginning of the week by concerts, memorial services and the opening of a new ...
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Herey Warmadi survived last month's tsunami by climbing to the roof of his motor parts shop. Now tears spring to his eyes at the memory of filthy water and muck filling the place where he earned his living for 42 years.
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A majority of Finns feel that Finnish political leaders and the media reacted appropriately to the tsunami disaster in Asia.
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The first Swedish dead from the Asian tsunami came home Wednesday to a nation which fears it may have suffered its worst loss of life for 200 years.
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Sri Lanka says it fears about 200 foreign tourists have been killed by its worst tsunami in memory after the military raised the overall death toll to more than 10,000 people.
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An Indonesian ferry gutted by a deadly fire last week sank unexpectedly Sunday with investigation teams on board, leaving one person dead and three missing as the death toll from the initial tragedy climbed to 42.
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When the raging ocean waters subsided, 7-year-old Karl Nilsson from Sweden thought he had been transported to another city. He was still in the same place, but his parents
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Water supplies on some Indian Ocean islands may have been ruined for years or decades by the salt water that flooded them during the Asian tsunami.
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Four decades after it was abandoned, King Island holds an almost mystical pull for former inhabitants and their descendants, its crumbling homes still perched on stilts, clinging to the steep, rocky terrain.
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STOCKHOLM  - The Swedish government said it feared that many of the 1,500 Swedish tourists in Thailand who are still unaccounted for after giant tidal waves struck Asian coastlines may be dead.
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The first Swedish dead from the Asian  tsunami came home Wednesday to a nation which fears it may have  suffered its worst loss of life for 200 years.
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The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff in the waning days of World War II results in the greatest maritime disaster in history. Compiled by Tony Long.