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Tsunami Death Toll Soars to 288,000

HeadlineJan 25, 2005

The death toll from last month’s tsunami in the Indian Ocean has soared to 288,000. On Monday the Indonesia health minister announced that 220,000 people in Indonesia are now believed to be dead or missing. In the province of Aceh, rescue workers are still pulling corpses from the wreckage one month after the disaster.

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