Europe Grieves, Searches After Asian Quake
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A Frenchman lost his wife and three children. British honeymooners disappeared. Vacation getaways for Christmas, far from Europe's cold climate, turned into nightmares.
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Nordic countries dispatched search teams and made public appeals for help to find some 2,000 Swedes, Danes, Finns and Norwegians missing in the aftermath of earthquake-driven tsunamis in south Asia.
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PARIS: Governments and aid organisations around the world scrambled to offer aid and technical help after the devastating quake and tidal waves that killed thousands of people in Asia on Sunday.
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A week after thousands of European holidaymakers went missing in Asian killer waves, hope was fading that they will ever be found but European countries were giving generously to alleviate what British Prime Minister Tony Blair called a "global catastrophe".
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Rescue teams converged on beaches and remote islands in search of the missing today as authorities reported that more than 430 people, including a number of foreign tourists, were killed and 4,100 injured when earthquake-spawned tidal waves devastated
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Indian Ocean nations 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 26,000 people reported killed.
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Most of Europe yesterday fell silent for three minutes at 11 a.m. GMT - noon in Malta - in remembrance of the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Authorities around the Asian region battered by the quake-tsunami tragedy that killed some 120,000 people scaled back or canceled celebrations Friday to mark the New Year.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin onSunday sent condolences to leaders of the Asian nations which werehit by tidal waves caused by a devastating earthquake off Indonesia&#39;s northwest coast.
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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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European travel companies were searching for missing customers and cancelling departures to areas devastated by the Asian tsunami on Wednesday as some experts predicted
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Families across the world anxiously  sought news of loved ones on Monday after a tsunami crashed  into the beaches and bars of some of Asia's most popular  resorts, killing thousands of people and leaving hundreds of  thousands stranded.
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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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Germany sent condolences to southern Asian countries which were hit by the biggest earthquake in 40 years Sunday and expressed its willingness to offer assistance.
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Britain is ready to help those hit by the Asian earthquake in any way it can, Tony Blair has said. The &quot;world is united in sorrow&quot;, he said, for those affected by the devastating tidal wave which has killed about 68,000 people in 12 countries.
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The earthquake and tsunami which struck Asia on 26 December remain the dominant theme in Tuesday's European papers.
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Sweden, Finland and Norway hold a day of mourning for their hundreds of victims of the Asian tsunami.