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Opinion: December 26, Indian Ocean Tsunami & Dr Manmohan Singh — When Tragedy Struck, A Leader Proved His Mettle
December 26, 2024, marked the 20th anniversary of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. It was also the day that former ...
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PLA ready to assist in Xizang disaster relief missions
The People's Liberation Army Western Theater Command Air Force has dispatched a drone to help survey the disaster area at the ...
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Nepal's kung fu nuns kick off reopening of nunnery to public after five years
About a dozen nuns performed hand chops and high kicks, some of them wielding swords, as they showed off their martial art ...
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20 years after Indian Ocean tsunami, some displaced Sri Lankan survivors are still waiting for housing
COLOMBO: Twenty years after the massive Indian Ocean tsunami wreaked havoc on Sri Lanka, some survivors are ... people were displaced in the natural disaster, one of the worst in recorded history.
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Two decades later: Remembering the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami
In Car Nicobar, the air force base was completely ... Indonesia bore the brunt of the disaster, with Aceh province accounting for nearly half of the total casualties. Sri Lanka and India saw ...
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Tears mark 20 years since Indian Ocean tsunami that killed 230,000 people
Some 1.7 million people were displaced, mostly in the four worst-affected countries: Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand ... destroyed by the disaster have been reconstructed.
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Lessons Learnt from Sri Lanka’s Worst Natural Disaster
The tsunami that struck Sri Lanka 20 years ago on December 26, 2004 was the most destructive natural disaster in living memory. It claimed over 39,000 lives and destroyed thousands of houses and ...
Twenty years on: 'My boat was metres from the shore when the tsunami hit'
A BBC reporter looks back to the day in 2004 when the tsunami hit while she was on the Andaman and Nicobar islands.
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20th Anniversary of Indian Ocean Tsunami: Is Sri Lanka Prepared for Another Natural Disaster?
Early warning systems and fostering public awareness have improved. But gaps remain in policy implementation and ...
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Here's a look at the $100 billion in disaster relief in the government spending bill
Here's a look at what's in the bill for disaster relief and where the money will go: The Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster relief fund is essentially the country's checkbook for ...