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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.
He drove a […]

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, Indonesia and […]

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, experts […]

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.