2005.01.15

US military seeking quick exit from tsunami relief: Wolfowitz (AFP). The United States wants to scale down its military's Asian tsunami relief operations and hand the tasks over to countries affected by the crisis. 2005.01.15

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Japan-Quakes [Mainichi Shimbun] Tokyo's government will set up toilets in manholes in case of a big earthquake. 2005.01.15

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As tsunami shock fades, Canadian troops face mental trauma (CP). For many Canadians working closely on the tsunami disaster, the shock is wearing off. The mental-health fallout is just beginning. 2005.01.15

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Deaths Reported After Quakes, Tsunamis (AP). At least 157,663 people have been reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africa's eastern coast from an earthquake and massive tsunami that smashed coastlines on Dec. 26. 2005.01.15

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DPRK-ROK. (Chosun Ilbo) No reunification for the Korean peninsula until the North's dictator Kim Jong-il is gone. 2005.01.15

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UN Warns Sri Lanka Rebels Over Tsunami Children (Reuters). The United Nations says it is getting  reports Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers were recruiting children displaced by Asia's tsunami and had told the rebels to leave under-age survivors alone. 2005.01.15

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DNA science used to ID bodies (USA Today). Thousands of bodies of tsunami victims are in Buddhist temples across southern Thailand. For many days before their graves were dug, they lay on the temples' concrete floors in 90-degree heat, which accelerated decomposition and complicated efforts to identify them. The scientists are relying on dental records and DNA to help their cause. 2005.01.15

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