Tsunami News By Country
Here are some headlines from Tuesday's Asia newspapers on the Tsunami. The numbers dead refer to that country's local totals. Good photos from beginning to end of Tsunami here:
Latest Figures: 934 people are confirmed dead in the southern provinces hit by the tsunami, 2,720 missing and a further 10,063 injured.
Thai Immigration officers are also on hand and cooperating with them in issuing Certificates of Identification for foreigners who lost their passports. There are also Immigration officers on standby at Phuket International Airport.
Harbor Department officials continue to recover dead bodies from the sea around islands around Phuket, Phang Nga and Krabi. All are being taken to Phuket, which has become the default center of emergency relief operations in the region.
* Swedish Baby Separated From Parents Identified
* Thai Tourism Ministry Secures 1,000 Hotel Rooms and Flights for Foreigners at Its Expense
- Recovery Could Take Two Years
- Thousands Still Missing in Phangnga
- Top Firms Launch Relief Projects
- Grandson of King Among Victims
- Experts Warn Country Could Face Huge Earthquake
- Looters Arrested in Phuket
- Tourist Samaritans Stay on to Help Victims
- Thousands of Fisherman Left Destitute
Malaysia New Strait Times:
- India Buries Over 6,000 dead, thousands more missing
- Sri Lanka Launches Massive Relief Effort, 11,000 Dead
- Hundreds of Somalis died, entire villages and towns disappeared
- Children May Account for 1/3 of Victims
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