117 Maltese involved in South East Asia disaster
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December 28 2004 1800CET Updated December 28 2004 1930CET- In a press conference, the Foreign Affairs Minister Dr.
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Weeping residents combed through debris and stunned tourists meandered through litter-strewn streets on Monday, a day after tsunamis swept across the Indian Ocean from Thailand to Somalia, killing at least 23,000 people.
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At least 37 people have died when severe tropical storm Durian hit southern Vietnam, destroying boats and houses after leaving more than 1,000 dead or missing in the Philippines.
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Hundreds are reported dead in Sri Lanka and many other countries are affected, from India to Indonesia. Readers of the BBC News website have been sending in their own experiences of the disaster.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Up to five million people were displaced by tsunamis that killed nearly 119,000 people in Asia, officials said, as aftershocks rocked traumatised survivors.
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Reports were sketchy on the number of foreigners left dead, missing or injured following Sunday's Indonesian earthquake, which generated tidal waves that smashed into coastal areas throughout southern Asia and parts of Africa. The following list was compiled from foreign ministries, embassies and media reports:
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KILLER tsunamis unleashed by an earthquake have wiped out more than 23,000 lives, with at least two Australians dead and 100 missing.
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - One of the most powerful  earthquakes in history hit Asia Sunday, unleashing a tsunami  which devastated coastal areas of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia  and tourist isles in Thailand, killing more than 11,300 people.
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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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It&#39;s feared that well over four-thousand people might have been killed across southeast and south Asia, by the after effects of the earthquake.
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Rescuers piled up bodies along Asian coastlines devastated by quake created wave waves that obliterated seaside towns and killed at least 23,700 people in nine countries, aid officials said.
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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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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - One of the most powerful  earthquakes in history hit southern Asia Sunday, unleashing a  tsunami on Sri Lanka and India and swamping tourist isles in  Thailand and the Maldives to kill more than 7,100 people.
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The Indonesian police have conducted DNA tests on 117 small pieces of bodies found in the scene of a deadly bombing at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, and also on family
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A huge earthquake hit southern Asia on  Sunday, setting off a tsunami that drowned hundreds in Sri  Lanka and India, sent Indonesians rushing to high ground and  washed away bathers on the Thai tourist island of Phuket.
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A powerful storm triggered landslides and flash floods that killed nearly 340 people in the eastern Philippines, officials said on Tuesday, and rescuers raced to save people stranded in three coastal towns before a new typhoon strikes the region.
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DARAGA, Philippines -- The Red Cross estimated yesterday that up to 1,000 people may have died in the typhoon that unleashed walls of black mud on entire villages in the Philippines. The country's president declared a state of national calamity.