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 San Fransisco Chronicle Sun 27 Dec 2009
Thousands mark Asian tsunami's 5th anniversary
(12-27) 04:00 PST Phuket, Thailand -- Buddhist monks in orange robes chanted on a Thai beach, an Indonesian mother mourned her children at a mass grave, and a man scattered flowers in now-placid... (photo: AP / David Longstreath)
Asia Photos Phuket Thailand Tsunami |
 CBS News Sun 27 Dec 2009
Rights Groups: Thailand's Hmong Expulsion Imminent
Thailand Keeps Timing Secret For Expulsion Of 4,000 Hmong To Laos; Rights Groups Fear Violence Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) BANGKOK (AP) - The Thai government said it would not disclose the... (photo: AP / the Royal Thai Army)
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 Malaya Sun 27 Dec 2009
Irrigation advances Cambodian rice dream
TRAMKOK, CambodiaSok Sarin flashes a toothless grin as he looks at his newly built house and remembers how the other farmers laughed when he pioneered new rice-growing... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Cambodia Crops Irrigation Photos Rice |
 The New York Times Sat 26 Dec 2009
Where Gods and Soldiers Tend the Border in Cambodia
IN the wet season, the roads through the northwestern region of Cambodia turn into an undulating sea of muck, with potholes the size of cars and ruts as deep as truck... (photo: AP / Heng Sinith)
Cambodia Defence History Photos Thailand |
 Pravda RU Sat 26 Dec 2009
Asia Mourns Over Tsunami Victims of Last Years
Thousands of saffron-robed Thai monks chanted and prayed for victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Saturday as Asia marked the fifth anniversary of one of history's... (photo: AP / Ardie Roque)
Asia Photos Thai Tsunami Woman |
 Kenya Broadcasting Corp Sat 26 Dec 2009
Prayers and silence mark 2004 tsunami anniversary
Written By:AP , Posted: Sat, Dec 26, 2009 Caption: The devastating Dec. 26, 2004, tsunami struck a dozen countries around the Indian Ocean rim... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Anniversary Indian Photos Prayers Tsunami |
 BBC News Sat 26 Dec 2009
Fifth anniversary of Indian Ocean tsunami marked
Countries across the Indian Ocean are marking the fifth anniversary of the catastrophic tsunami that killed almost 250,000 people. In Indonesia's Aceh province, where... (photo: US Navy file / Michael L. Bak)
Anniversary Disaster Environment Photos Tsunami |
 Al Jazeera Sat 26 Dec 2009
Asia marks tsunami anniversary
People across Asia prepare to mark the anniversary of one of the world's worst natural disasters when an undersea earthquake unleashed a devastating wave that killed more... (photo: AP / Heri Juanda)
Asia Disaster Earthquake Photos Tsunami |
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