2005.01.09

Asia Tsunami, Quake Death Toll by Nation (AP). At least 150,637 people are reported dead in southern Asia and eastern Africa, most killed by massive tsunami that smashed coastlines following an Dec. 26 earthquake. 2005.01.09

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Crewman Dies Aboard USN Sub (Reuters). A crewman died today from injuries sustained when the U.S. nuclear submarine USS San Francisco ran aground in the Marianas Basin in the Pacific Ocean. 2005.01.09

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DPRK urges Bush to drop "hostile" policy (AFP). Communist hermetic North Korea says President Bush must drop his "hostile" policy towards it during his second term in order to revive six-way nuclear talks. 2005.01.09

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Cricket: Stars out for tsunami tie. [BBC News ] World cricket's biggest stars gather in Melbourne to raise money for the tsunami appeal. 2005.01.09

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Experts Weigh Economic Harm From Tsunami (AP). Two of nature's most powerful forces — a monster earthquake and a massive tsunami — teamed up in southern Asia to cause death, human misery and destruction on a scale rarely seen before. 2005.01.09

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Sri Lanka Man Rescued 13 Days After Tsunami  (Reuters). An elderly Sri Lankan man has been found alive under the debris of a southern town nearly two weeks after it was decimated by giant tsunami waves. 2005.01.09

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Eyes turn to the future in devastated Sri Lankan fishing village (AFP). Fishermen cast their nets for the first time since the tsunami; teenagers start looking for jobs to support their families; men talk of moving away from the shoreline, others of returning. 2005.01.09

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Survivors share pain of searching. [BBC News ] Survivors are united in their desperate search for loved ones in Thailand. 2005.01.09

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Tsunami: Refugees in Sumatra. [Radio Free Asia] Ethnic Chinese refugees fleeing disaster-hit Aceh evoke painful memories of old violence in Medan, while Beijing flexes its checkbook at an international aid summit. 2005.01.09

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Pacific-USN Sub Accident (VOA) UPDATED USS San Francisco limping back towards Guam with injured sailors after hitting bottom in the Marianas Basin. 2005.01.09

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Massive Tsunami Feeding Program Announced (AP). Rescue workers pull thousands more rotting corpses from the mud and debris of flattened towns along the Sumatran coast. The death toll in eleven countries has now passed 150,000. 2005.01.09

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USA: No Deadline Set on DPRK Talks (Reuters). The United States says it has not set a deadline resumption of six-country talks on North Korea's nuclear program despite a seven month deadlock that has persuaded some officials negotiations are failing. 2005.01.09

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WHO: No Major Outbreaks After Tsunami (AP). Two weeks after a tsunami slammed into coastlines around the Indian Ocean, thousands of bodies were still being pulled out of the mud in remote villages, as the official death toll from the catastrophe rose above 150,000. In a rare positive note, the World Health Organization says no major disease outbreaks have been reported in the crowded camps where millions have sought refuge after losing everything. 2005.01.09

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DPRK wages war on long hair. [BBC News ] North Korea has launched an intensive media assault on its latest arch enemy - the wrong haircut. 2005.01.09

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Canada-Toyota Tsunami (CTV) Toyota Canada is dropping the Tsunami name for one of its car models. 2005.01.09

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