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To: Augustus Gloop who wrote (24010)	12/30/2004 8:38:05 AM
From: Augustus Gloop	Respond to of 90947

Tsunami Death Toll Rockets to 114,000 4 minutes ago World - AP Asia By CHRIS BRUMMITT, Associated Press Writer BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - The death toll from last weekend's earthquake-tsunami catastrophe rose to more than 114,000 on Thursday as Indonesia uncovered more and more dead from ravaged Sumatra island, where pilots dropped food to remote villages still unreached by rescue workers. A false alarm that new killer waves were about to hit sparked panic in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The increase came after Indonesia reported nearly 28,000 newly confirmed dead in Sumatra, which was closest to the epicenter of last weekend's massive earthquake and was overwhelmed by the tsunami that followed. Some 60 percent of the Banda Aceh, the main city in northern Sumatra was destroyed, the U.N. children's agency estimated, and the island's northwest coast — lined with villages — was inundated. The new count brought Indonesia's death toll to around 80,000 — the worst hit nation, followed by Sri Lanka, India and Thailand.