Quake, Tsunami Hit South Asia; 4,500 Feared Dead
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The world's biggest  earthquake in 40 years hit southern Asia Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India, drowning  thousands and swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the  Maldives.
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AFTERSHOCKS and fears of renewed tidal waves continued to terrorise residents of South and South-east Asia yesterday as millions searched for loved ones and buried their dead after Sunday&#39;s massive quake and tsunamis.
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More than 9,300 people across Asia were killed today after one of the most powerful earthquakes on record triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into coastlines in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Thailand and Malaysia.
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A huge earthquake rocked Southeast Asia  on Sunday, setting off tsunami tidal waves that killed more  than 150 people in Sri Lanka, sent residents rushing to high  ground in Indonesia and washed into the Indian city of Chennai  and the Thai tourist island of Phuket.
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More than 12,000 people are known to have died after a massive underwater earthquake sent giant waves crashing into coastlines across southern Asia.
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MADRAS, India  - Wailing relatives gathered around  dozens of bodies on beaches in southern India Sunday after a  tsunami triggered by an earthquake in distant Indonesia killed  up to 3,000 people.
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The world&#39;s biggest earthquake in 40 years hit southern Asia on Sunday, unleashing a tsunami that crashed into Sri Lanka and India, drowning thousands and swamping tourist isles in Thailand and the Maldives.
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The number of dead from the quake and tsunamis in and around South Asia has passed 76,700. This, after Indonesia&#39;s Health Ministry announced new figures.
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A severe earthquake shook Indonesia's Sumatra region, destroying buildings, killing four people and injuring 21 in a toll experts said was sure to rise.
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A huge earthquake under the Indian Ocean has unleashed tidal waves killing at least 150 people in Sri Lanka, sent residents rushing in panic to high ground in Indonesia, and sent walls of water crashing into the Indian city of Chennai and the Thai tourist
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More than 8,000 people were reported dead across southern Asia and Africa after massive tsunami waves smashed coastlines following a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off the Indonesian coast Sunday morning.
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A moderate earthquake killed at least four people and damaged scores of buildings early Monday on Indonesia's Sumatra island, which is still recovering from the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, witnesses and seismologists said.
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Sunday, December 26, 2004 - The largest earthquake to strike the globe since 1964 has caused devastating tsunami waves that have killed thousands in south Asia.
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More than 12,300 people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless after a powerful undersea earthquake unleashed giant tsunami waves that crashed into the coasts of south and southeast Asia.
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COLOMBO  - Over 8,300 people were killed and thousands more were missing after the most powerful earthquake for 40 years triggered giant tidal waves that slammed into coastal areas across Asia.
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The tally of foreigners confirmed dead from the quake and tsunami waves throughout southern Asia, according to their foreign ministries. Authorities said many more are missing and feared dead.
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The world&#39;s largest earthquake for 40 years has swept a tidal wave across the Indian Ocean killings thousands in Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and the Maldives.