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Andaman-Radio (AFP) Woman ham radio operator in the Andamans isnow  known as "Angel of the Sea" for handling thousands of emergency messages since the tsunami struck. amateur radio station 2005.01.02

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India's tsumani death toll jumps to 14,488 (Reuters). India raises the number of people killed or feared killed in last week's tsunami to 14,488, up by more than 1,700 since the previous evening's estimate. 2005.01.02

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Japan-Aum Deaths (Kyodo) Another mysterious death of an Aum cultist. 2005.01.02

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Tsunami orphans torn between greedy relatives (AFP). Aid groups and government officials are concerned that orphans are being split among relatives more eager to obtain money promised for tsunami survivors than to care for the children. 2005.01.02

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Spiritual Community Responds to Disaster (AP). Alan Bernard first learned that a giant tsunami had struck the Indian coast when thousands of terrified villagers began rushing into Auroville, dedicated to promoting world unity and helping others. 2005.01.02

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Cambodia Saved from Tsunami by Astrologer-Sihanouk (Reuters). Former Cambodian king Norodom Sihanouk says an astrologer warned him that an "ultra-catastrophic cataclysm" would strike, but that his country would be spared if proper rituals were conducted. 2005.01.02

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Japan-Imperials (Kyodo) Depressed Crown Princess Masako makes only one appearance on the balcony of the Imperial Palace to greet New Year's wellwishers. In his New Year's statement Emperor Akihito notes the natural disasters of 2004 that hit at home and abroad. 2005.01.02

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Tsunami-Relief (ABC-Australia) Bad conditions hamper tsunami aid effort. 2005.01.02

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ROK-Defector (Stars & Stripes) South Korean, who worked for U.S. Army, may have defected to North Korea. 2005.01.02

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Nations Mourn Victims of Tsunami Disaster (AP). Sweden greets the new year with a day of mourning to honor 59 Swedes confirmed dead and 3,559 missing, while Italy raises its death toll from the earthquake and tsunami disaster to 18 and says more than 600 Italians had not been found. 2005.01.02

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Anguish Mounts for Acehnese Seeking Missing Loved Ones (Reuters). In this teeming refugee camp in Indonesia's Banda Aceh, a squat security post has become a shrine to the missing and a meeting point to seek information in a distraught city where none seems to exist. 2005.01.02

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British music stars to launch tsunami aid single (AFP). British music stars are joining forces to release a charity single to raise millions for the victims of the Asian tsunamis, says the broadcaster behind the song. 2005.01.02

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Breakdown of Tsunami Death Toll by Nation (AP). At least 123,184 people were killed in eleven countries in southern Asia and East Africa from the massive earthquake and tsunamis on Dec. 26, according to official figures. 2005.01.02

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Tsunami-Whymant Veteran British journalist Robert Whymant is now confirmed dead. He was last seen alive on a beach resort in Sri Lanka where he and his wife Minako were vacationing. Mrs. Whymant on Saturday told the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan, where Robert had been a member for 30 years, that she had positively identified her husband's body. Whymant had been reported from Asia since1974 for the Guardian, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph and The Times. Most recently, he was working with Australia's Courier Mail. He was also the author of Stalin's Spy: Richard Sorge and the Tokyo Ring, published in 1996. 2005.01.02

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