Sweden cuts tsunami death toll to 52, fewer missing
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The Swedish government lowered today the number of Swedes confirmed killed by the Asian tsunami to 52 from 59 earlier, and said the number of missing was now 2,915, down from 3,686. Foreign Ministry State ...
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Sri Lanka said on Tuesday the death  toll from a tsunami that slammed into the Indian Ocean island  rose to 12,212 people.
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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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Desperate refugees foraged for coconuts or looted food on battered Sumatra island Tuesday, as the number killed in a mammoth earthquake and tsunami soared above 52,000 and tens of thousands still were missing. Grieving survivors buried their dead by hand, trying to ward off an epidemic that the U.N. health agency warned could double the toll yet again.
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The tsunami that swept away so many lives in Asia has carried waves of grief to Sweden, with the country confronting what one government official described yesterday as "Sept. 11 levels of casualties." The ...
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Sri Lanka said on Tuesday the death toll from a tsunami that slammed into the Indian Ocean island rose to 12,212 people.
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The first bodies of 52 Swedes killed by the Indian Ocean tsunami came home in flag-draped coffins before dawn Wednesday as sobbing relatives, the royal family and government leaders stood in frigid rain, faced with the grim reality that 1,903 missing Swedes might never be found.
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Sweden greeted the new year with a day of mourning Saturday to honor 59 Swedes confirmed dead and 3,559 missing, while Italy raised its death toll from the earthquake and tsunami disaster to 18 and said more than 600 Italians had not been found.
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Candles burned in many windows across  Sweden on Sunday in memory of the victims of Asia's deadly  tsunami, as the government offered its distraught population  hope by cutting the number of missing by one-fifth.
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REAL, Philippines  - Relief crews battling walls of mud and lashing rain to reach villages still isolated days after back-to-back storms devastated the northeastern Philippines have found 51 more bodies, taking the death toll to at least 740 people, officials said Tuesday.
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STOCKHOLM --The tsunami that swept away so many lives in Asia has carried waves of grief to Sweden, with the country confronting what one government official described yesterday as ''Sept. 11 levels of casualties."
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The first Swedish dead from the Asian  tsunami came home Wednesday morning to a nation which fears it  may have suffered its worst loss of life for 200 years.
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Asia News, BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Indonesia&#39;s death toll from the weekend&#39;s earthquake and tsunami soared past 32,500 on Wednesday as rescuers worked to make contact with devastated cities and towns in the hardest hit areas.
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Twenty Britons are confirmed dead after the Asian tsunami, with Thai authorities saying as many as 43 have died.
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BEIJING, Dec. 31 -- Swedish final death toll from the devastating tsunamis in southeastern Asia will be in the hundreds, and may even exceed 1,000.
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The international community pledged more relief efforts for tsunami-devastated South and Southeast Asian countries Thursday as the death toll from the worst earthquake and tsunamis climbed to over 115,000. UN ...
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Many Swedes are missing in tsunami-stricken southern Thailand, Swedish diplomat Lenart Hamark said on Tuesday. Hamark, who is running an emergency centre on the resort