The BBC has a piece on how spirits haunt tsunami survivors. Excerpt: Lek looks nervously at the Patong sea shore as he describes the passengers who climbed into his tuk tuk minivan late at night on 6 January. “Go to Kata Beach”, the seven foreign tourists told him, after agreeing on a 200 baht fee. [...]
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Debt relief could help tsunami disaster victims
January 5th, 2005 · No Comments · Business, Globalization & Debt, Tsunami
The BBC has a story on how debt relief could help countries in the disaster region in Asia rebuild their economy (duh). An excerpt: UK Chancellor Gordon Brown wants the world’s richest nations to freeze foreign debt repayments for countries hit by the Asian tsunami disaster. The move would allow countries such as Thailand, India, [...]
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Animals seem to be able to “sense” Tsunami
January 1st, 2005 · No Comments · Paranormal, Tsunami
Wired writes that animals seem to be able to sense when natural disasters are about to happen. No dead animals from the Tsunami have been found yet in Sri Lanka. An excerpt: JOHANNESBURG — Wild animals seem to have escaped the Indian Ocean tsunami, adding weight to notions they possess a sixth sense for disasters, [...]
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Birds eye view of Tsunami disaster
December 31st, 2004 · No Comments · Tsunami
The BBC has a good overview taken by satellite of the damage the tsunami caused to the tourist reort town of Kalutara, Sri Lanka. Before and after pictures that really show the damage. For some even more impressive pictures check out digitalglobe.
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