Relief Amid Despair ; Recovery Efforts Drive Deeper Into Disaster Zone
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › January 03, 2005
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Rescuers turned full attention to getting food and water to the living following last week's devastating earthquake and tsunamis.
Tens of thousands are still missing in crushed seaside settlements and in the flotsam washing the shores of the Indian Ocean. Five million people were homeless.See the full content of this document
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Relief Amid Despair ; Recovery Efforts Drive Deeper Into Disaster Zone
Indonesia today increased its death toll to 94,081, raising the total number of people reported killed in 11 countries to nearly 140,000.
Aid agencies have said the death toll was expected to hit 150,000, although the exact tally will probably never be known.Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, ahead of his firsthand look at the ts...See the full content of this document
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