2004.12.29

Tsunami-Communications (ARRL) UPDATED While some of the emergency traffic from the tsunami-stricken areas is being routed through the internet on message boards and blogs, in many place it is old-fashioned amateur "ham" radio that is providing the only communications link with some messages coming through on Morse code. 2004.12.29

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Thailand-Farang Fatalities (ABC Radio Australia) The bodies of nearly 2,000 foreigners, killed by the tsunami, have been recovered around Khao Lak. 2004.12.29

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Thailand-Tsunami Survivors (Cincinnati Enquirer) Scuba divers, including two Ohioans teaching English in Tokyo, vacationing on Phi Phi saved because they were in the water when the tsunami hit. 2004.12.29

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India-Tsunami Aid (AFP) India rejects offers of foreign aid for tsunami victims. 2004.12.29

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Asia Tsunami-U.S. Navy (Seattle Times) Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on the way to Thailand to aid in search for missing. USS Bonhomme Richard skips port call in Guam and heads for Sri Lanka. 2004.12.29

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Asia-Tsunami Aid (Kyodo) Australia, Japan, United States vow to coordinate rescue efforts for the countries devastated by the Indian Ocean quake and tsunami. 2004.12.29

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Maldives-Tsunami (AP) Although the death toll is not so high in the Maldives, the situation in the nation of low-lying islands is dire. The cost of the catastrophe may exceed the country's GDP. 2004.12.29

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Asian Disaster-Blogs (BBC) BBC correspondents' logs from the areas of the quake and tsunami. 2004.12.29

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Indoneisa-Quake/Tsunami Survivors (AFP) Two Europeans describe what it was like at one of the closest inhabited places to the quake epicenter and tell of Indonesian soldiers doing nothing to aid the injured back in devastated Aceh province. 2004.12.29

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Khao Lak-Aftermath (Reuters) Thailand's Khao Lak beach wiped out -- thieves, disguised as police and rescue workers, go to work, looting belongings of dead tourists. Looting now also reported on Phuket and Phi Phi. Khao Lak message board here. 2004.12.29

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Japan-Gaijin Crime (Mainichi) Gunfire erupts among foreigners on the streets of Shibuya, near NHK, in Tokyo, wounding Japanese pedestrians. 2004.12.29

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More Than 2,000 Scandinavians Missing After Tsunami (Reuters). More than 2,000 Scandinavians are among more than 3,500 foreigners still unaccounted for three days after deadly walls of water slammed into coastal communities and resorts around the Indian Ocean. 2004.12.29

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Sri Lanka Tsunami-Japanese (Kyodo) Families of missing Japanese head to Sri Lanka. 2004.12.29

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Asia-Quakes (USGS) Powerful aftershocks today hitting Sumatra, Nicobar island, other quake/tsunami devastated areas. 2004.12.29

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Asia-Tsunami Celebrity Victims (AP) Update on celebrities/notables in the tsuanmi zones: Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model Petra Nemcova and her boyfriend, fashion photographer Simon Atlee, on Phuket. Nemcova hospitalized with multiple broken bones. Atlee missing and presumed dead. Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in a Sri Lanka beach hotel -- evacuated by Sri Lankan air force. Swedish skiing Olympic gold medalist Ingemar Stenmark on Khok Kloi, near Phuket, also unharmed. Troy Broadbridge, an Australian Rules football player, on his honeymoon on Phuket missing and presumed dead. AC Milan striker Filippo Inzaghi, Milan captain Paolo Maldini, and Juventus defender Gianluca Zambrotta — were caught in the maelstrom in the Maldives but unhurt. The Thai-American grandson of King Bhumipol Adulyadej, Poom Jensen, died jet skiing on Phuket. Several female relatives of Hollywood actor-director Richard Attenborough missing and presumed dead. Designer Nate Berkus, a regular contributor on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," carried away by the tsunami in Sri Lanka. He has been rescued. Actor Jet Li among those injured in the Maldives. Times of London correspondent and author Robert Whymant reportedly missing after tsunami struck Sri Lanka. Singer-songwriter Iain Hogg unscathed on Phuket. Honeymooning California golf pro William Robins and his bride made a harrowing escape with their lives. 2004.12.29

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Asia-Quake/Tsunami (Reuters) UPDATED 68,000 and still rising... 2004.12.29

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Tsunami Areas May Not Need New World Bank, IMF Loans (Reuters). As the World Bank and International Monetary Fund assess economic costs to South Asian governments of the cataclysmic tsunami, economists say the current outpouring of aid could mean international lenders won't need to step in with new loans. 2004.12.29

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Asia-Quake/Tsunami U.N. (Kyodo) United Nations relief officials hold emergency meeting with Asian ambassadors about quake/tsunami. 2004.12.29

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An outpouring of aid for tsunami victims. [Christian Science Monitor ] With the death toll still rising in 12 countries, the disaster will require one of the largest and most expensive relief efforts in history. United Nations says billions of dollars over several years will be needed. 2004.12.29

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Tsunami devastates Andaman and Nicobar islands (Reuters). Rescuers reaching India's remote Andaman and Nicobar islands find barely a third of residents on one isle are still alive. 2004.12.29

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Indonesia quake toll leaps to 27,000 as seismic ground zero sends SOS (AFP). Indonesia's death toll leaps to more than 27,000 as desperate SOS calls came from an obliterated coastline which is emerging as ground zero for a seismic catclysm unleashed on Asia. 2004.12.29

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Disease Could Double Asia Death Toll (AP). The World Health Organization warns that disease in the aftermath of southern Asia's tsunami disaster could kill as many people as the deadly waves and earthquake have. 2004.12.29

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Burma Affected by Tsunami. [Radio Free Asia] Burmese officials have not yet released any figures on the number of people killed in Sunday's earthquake and tsunami, but aid agencies say the death toll could be high there. 2004.12.29

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Summary: Tsunami Foreigner Death Toll (AP). The tally of foreigners confirmed dead from the quake and tsunami waves throughout southern Asia, according to their foreign ministries. Authorities said many more are missing and feared dead. 2004.12.29

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New push for tsunami-alert system. [Christian Science Monitor ] Japan offers to help build one for the Indian Ocean. 2004.12.29

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