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  • Monks, tourists, villagers remember Asian tsunami 27 Dec 2009 01:51 GMT
    ... the island of Sumatra, where a 9.2-magnitude earthquake struck underwater. The quake toppled homes and ... light-filled lanterns into the sky. Traffic across Sri Lanka came to a standstill Saturday as people around ...

  • Monks, tourists, villagers markAsian tsunami 27 Dec 2009 00:50 GMT
    ... the island of Sumatra, where a 9.2-magnitude earthquake struck underwater. The quake toppled homes and ... light-filled lanterns into the sky. Traffic across Sri Lanka came to a standstill Saturday as people around ...

  • Editorial: Tsunami Lessons 27 Dec 2009 00:32 GMT
    ... perished. On Dec. 26, 2004 a subsea earthquake off the coast of Sumatra was measured ... the aftermath when ruined neighborhoods in India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Indonesia and Thailand were littered ...

  • 5 Years Later, Questions Over Tsunami Aid 27 Dec 2009 00:10 GMT
    ... which was sparked by a 9.2-magnitude underwater earthquake off the island of Sumatra, struck a ... Nearly $500 million in tsunami aid for Sri Lanka is unaccounted for and over $600 million has ...

  • Five year anniversary of deadly tsunami 26 Dec 2009 23:30 GMT
    ... day five years ago, a 9.15 magnitude quake off the coast of Indonesia triggered a ... that killed around 230,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and nine other countries. In Thailand, ...

  • Asia Remembers Deadly 2004 Tsunami 26 Dec 2009 23:12 GMT
    ... observe the fifth anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2004 that killed up ... meters or more on the shoreline. Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives and Thailand sustained massive damage. ...

  • Thousands of mourners light candles to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2004 Tsunami 26 Dec 2009 22:53 GMT
    ... high as 98ft, triggered by an undersea earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra. A ... Paraliya, 56 miles south of Colombo in Sri Lanka 'After five years, the government of Aceh and ...

  • Asia marks fifth anniversary of Indian Ocean tsunami (Roundup) 26 Dec 2009 22:51 GMT
    ... tens of thousands were buried. After Indonesia, Sri Lanka was the country worst hit by the tsunami. ... The tsunami was sparked by a 9.2-magnitude earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra - ...

  • Marches, prayers mark tsunami anniversary 26 Dec 2009 21:51 GMT
    ... at the Marina beach in Chennai. (Right) Sri Lankan survivors grieve at a mass grave in ... metres (98 ft.), triggered by an undersea earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra. “I ...

  • Monks, Tourists, Villagers Mark Asian Tsunami 2hr 26 Dec 2009 20:52 GMT
    ... the island of Sumatra, where a 9.2-magnitude earthquake struck underwater. The quake toppled homes and ... light-filled lanterns into the sky. Traffic across Sri Lanka came to a standstill Saturday as people around ...

  • Monks, Tourists, Villagers Mark Asian Tsunami 2 hrs ago 26 Dec 2009 20:52 GMT
    ... the island of Sumatra, where a 9.2-magnitude earthquake struck underwater. The quake toppled homes and ... light-filled lanterns into the sky. Traffic across Sri Lanka came to a standstill Saturday as people around ...

  • Asia marks tsunami fifth anniversary 26 Dec 2009 20:51 GMT
    ... Indian Ocean rim, sparked by a 9.3-magnitude earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island ... of light-filled lanterns into the sky. In Sri Lanka, the anniversary was marked with a nationwide ...

  • Asia marks fifth anniversary of Indian Ocean tsunami 26 Dec 2009 20:50 GMT
    ... massive wave, triggered by a massive undersea earthquake off Indonesian island of Sumatra. Communities rebuilt ... people of Aceh, she adds. After Indonesia, Sri Lanka was the country worst hit by the tsunami. ...

  • Tears mark 5th anniversary of Asian tsunami 26 Dec 2009 20:31 GMT
    ... the island of Sumatra, where a 9.2-magnitude earthquake struck underwater. The quake toppled homes and ... light-filled lanterns into the sky. Traffic across Sri Lanka came to a standstill Saturday as people around ...

  • Asia marks tsunami's fifth anniversary with prayer 26 Dec 2009 20:31 GMT
    ... as 30 metres, triggered by an undersea earthquake off the island of Sumatra. “I will ... still don’t have proper housing,” he said. Sri Lanka observed two minutes of silence to mark the ...


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