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THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Second of six photos in a sequence showing the beach at Khao Lak, Thailand, on December 26, 2004. The photos which show the water first receding, then forming into the first wave that crashed ashore, were found on the digital camera card of a North Vancouver couple, when their bodies were identified recently. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Knill family)

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Sixth of six photos in a sequence showing the beach at Khao Lak, Thailand, on December 26, 2004. The photos which show the water first receding, then forming into the first wave that crashed ashore, were found on the digital camera card of a North Vancouver couple, when their bodies were identified recently. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Knill family)

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Dramatic photos taken by a Norwegian tourist at Kamala Beach Hotel in Phuket, Thailand, as tidal waves from one of the most powerful earthquakes in history sweep into the area December 26th 2004, causing a natural disaster of enourmous proportions in the southeast asian region and claiming the lives of tens of thousands of people. (KEYSTONE/SCANPIX/Gro Storteig) === ===

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Still image made from an amateur video, shot by a British family vacationing at Thailand's Phuket resort, of the tidal wave coming ashore Sunday December 26 2004. The video of the tsunami, sparked by Sunday's earthquake off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island, was filmed from the balcony of the family's hotel on the resort's Patong Beach. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/APTN) == TV OUT ===

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Dramatic photos taken by a Norwegian tourist at Kamala Beach Hotel in Phuket, Thailand, as tidal waves from one of the most powerful earthquakes in history sweep into the area December 26th 2004, causing a natural disaster of enourmous proportions in the southeast asian region and claiming the lives of tens of thousands of people. (KEYSTONE/SCANPIX/Gro Storteig) === ===

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Dramatic photos taken by a Norwegian tourist at Kamala Beach Hotel in Phuket, Thailand, as tidal waves from one of the most powerful earthquakes in history sweep into the area December 26th 2004, causing a natural disaster of enourmous proportions in the southeast asian region and claiming the lives of tens of thousands of people. (KEYSTONE/SCANPIX/Gro Storteig) === ===

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN (3/3)

In this image made from video footage shot by a Norwegian survivor, made available Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004, the first wave of the tsunami, that hit Thailand sweeps over a swimming pool, at center of picture, in Phuket, Thailand, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004. (AP Photo/TV2 via APTN) ** NORWAY OUT TV OUT **

INDIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

An aerial view of Pattinapakam, a slum which was destroyed tsunami, near Madras, India, Thursday, December 30, 2004. At least 84,455 people are reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africa's eastern coast, most killed by massive tsunamis that smashed coastlines after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia's coast on Sunday. The death toll in India is 7,330. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/M.Lakshman)

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Pictures taken by a Swedish tourist at Phuket and Pathong Beach the day after the tsunami waves swept over the town. (KEYSTONE/SCANPIX/Fredrik Andersson) === ===

SRI LANKA ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Waves inundate a hotel along the beach at the popular holiday resort town of Hakkeduwa in southern Sri Lanka after a devastating tsunami (tidal wave) hit the island nation Sunday 26 December 2004 causing extensive damage and the loss of at least 4,500 lives. A tidal wave triggered by a massive 8.9 earthquake near the Indonesian island of Sumatra caused extensive destruction and loss of life in the Indian Ocean basin nations. EPA/MIKE NELSON

SRI LANKA ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN (3/3)

This image taken from amateur footage filmed by a British tourist was obtained by APTN Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004 and shows a view from a hotel room in the Eden Resort, Beruwela, southwest Sri Lanka, Sunday Dec. 26, 2004 at the moment a massive wave strikes the beach-side resort. Two people are seen standing on the bridge at right that originally spanned the resort's pool. Huge waves pounded the luxury hotel following the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that originated near the Indonesian island of Sumatra and caused several tsunamis. The death toll in the region currently stands at more than 25,000. More than 12,000 people are believed to have died in Sri Lanka alone. (AP Photo/ APTN) ** TV OUT **

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This image taken from amateur footage filmed by a British tourist was obtained by APTN Tuesday, Dec. 28, 2004 and shows a view from a hotel room in the Eden Resort, Beruwela, southwest Sri Lanka, Sunday Dec. 26, 2004 at the moment a massive wave strikes the pool of the beach-side resort. Huge waves pounded the luxury hotel following the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that originated near the Indonesian island of Sumatra and caused several tsunamis. The death toll in the region currently stands at more than 25,000. More than 12,000 people are believed to have died in Sri Lanka alone. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/ APTN) TV OUT

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Exclusive pictures showing the same spots in Phuket, Thailand the 26-27 december 2004 and March 2005. The pictures tell the story both of the damaging power of the Tsunami waves, and the remakably fast reconstruction of the famus Thai tourist resort Phuket. ***Editors Note: Books and exhibitions based solely on this material should be neogiated directly with the photographer!*** (KEYSTONE/SCANPIX/Czsar Gretser) === ===

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Tidal waves wash through houses at Maddampegama, about 60 kilometers (38 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004. Massive waves triggered by earthquakes crashed into villages along a wide stretch of Sri Lankan coast on Sunday, killing more than 2,100 people and displacing a million others. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

SRI LANKA ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Tidal waves wash through houses at Maddampegama, about 60 kilometers (38 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, December 26, 2004. Massive waves triggered by earthquakes crashed into villages along a wide stretch of Sri Lankan coast on Sunday, killing more than 2,100 people and displacing a million others. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

SRI LANKA ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Tidal waves wash through houses at Maddampegama, about 60 kilometers (38 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004. Massive waves triggered by earthquakes crashed into villages along a wide stretch of Sri Lankan coast on Sunday, killing more than 2,100 people and displacing a million others. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

INDIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

People look at a car and debris that was washed by tidal waves in Madras, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004. A massive tidal wave triggered by an earthquake in Indonesia slammed into several parts of southern India Sunday killing at least 286 people, most of them in Tamil Nadu state. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia is the largest in the world in 40 years. (AP Photo/M.Lakshman)

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN 012A

Exclusive pictures showing the same spots in Phuket, Thailand the 26-27 december 2004 and March 2005. The pictures tell the story both of the damaging power of the Tsunami waves, and the remakably fast reconstruction of the famus Thai tourist resort Phuket. ***Editors Note: Books and exhibitions based solely on this material should be neogiated directly with the photographer!*** (KEYSTONE/SCANPIX/Czsar Gretser) === ===

INDONESIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Acehnese youths try to pull a man to higher ground through a flooded street a moment after tsunami strike in the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Sunday, December 26, 2004. The disaster killed more than 110,000 in the region. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Serambi Indonesia/Bedu Saini)

INDONESIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Smoke billows over damaged houses after riots in the streets of Banda Aceh, Indonesia on Wednesday 29 December 2004. Amid fears of a disease epidemic in Indonesia's tsunami-devastated Aceh province, the closest to Sunday's earthquake epicentre, exhausted rescue workers continued pulling out decomposed bodies Wednesday as the death toll jumped to nearly 33,000. EPA/ARDILES RANTE

SRI LANKA ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Sri Lankan civilians make their way through heave debris that was left littering the streets after a tidal wave struck the town of Galle early Sunday in southern Sri Lanka, Monday, December 27, 2004. The death toll from the massive tidal waves that struck Sri Lankas coastline leapt to more than 12,000 on Monday as thousands of soldiers and families kept up the search for bodies. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)

INDONESIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Two Acehnese people try to salvage their belongings at their damaged house in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on Wednesday 29 December 2004. More than 40,000 people died after tidal wave following a massive earthqueke hit Aceh. Relief workers in Indonesia's Aceh province battled Thursday to head off disease while attempting to clean up tons of debris and human remains from Sunday's massive earthquake and tidal waves that devastated the region. (KEYSTONE/EPA/WEDA)

SRI LANKA ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

An aerial shot taken from a helicopter shows villagers search for the missing along railroad tracks at Telwatte, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004. The massive tidal waves that slammed into Sri Lanka flung a train off its tracks, leaving many of its 1,000 passengers dead or missing, police said Tuesday. Rescue workers reported another 3,009 deaths from Sunday's earthquake-triggered tsunami, lifting Sri Lanka's toll to 21,715, said the National Disaster Management Center. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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An Acehnese mother tries to find her son at the destroyed Raya Mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia on Tuesday, 28 December 2004. More than 5,000 people died after tidal wave that hit Banda Aceh. The death toll has dramatically increased across the 11 nations to around 44,000. EPA/WEDA

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Scenes of devastation at Patong beach resort on the island of Phuket, Thailand, Monday 27 December 2004, following the earthquake and tidal waves across Asia, on Boxing Day. The death toll from the tsunamis that struck nine Indian Ocean countries had risen to 23,700 tonight, the international Red Cross said. EPA/BARRY WEST UK AND IRELAND OUT

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An aerial view of the devastated coastal area in Banda Aceh Saturday, February 26, 2005. The Indonesian government continues cleaning up the devastated coastal areas and hopes to start rebuilding and infrastructure projects in tsunami-devastated Aceh next month to take advantage of international sympathy. (KEYSTONE/EPA/Mast Irham)

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An aerial view shows the Rahmatullah Lampuuk mosque in the village of Lhoknga, near Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Sunday, January 30, 2005. The mosque was the only building within approximately one kilometer to remain standing after the December 26, 2004 tsunami ravaged the area. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Greg Baker)

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Injured tourists arrive at the hospital in Takua Pa in the Phang Nga province, Thailand, Sunday 26 December 2004. The death toll from Sunday's earthquake-triggered tsunami rose to 438 Monday morning as massive rescue efforts continued in Thailand's southern tourism region. (KEYSTONE/EPA/STR) === THAILAND OUT ===

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

A man talks on his phone near smashed cars along Patong Beach, Monday, December 27, 2004, in Phuket, Thailand. Rescue teams converged on beaches and remote islands in search of the missing Monday as the Thai prime minister said that up to 700 people perished when earthquake-spawned tidal waves devastated idyllic resort areas of southern Thailand. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett)

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Tourists make their way through a damaged business area on the Phi Phi Island after giant waves swept through this famous tourist resort in Krabi province, southern Thailand Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. More than 430 people, including a number of western holiday-makers, were killed and 4,100 injured in southern Thai resorts after a major earthquake hit South and Southeast Asia on Sunday, causing tidal waves and flooding. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Tourist face a scene of devastation in the shoping area of Phi-Phi island, Krabi province, southern Thailand Monday 27 December 2004. Hundreds of people were reported missing and at least 200 feared dead in Thailand's southern region as tidal waves battered resort islands after a massive earthquake Sunday. The official figures did not include Phi-Phi island, one of the hardest hit areas, where thousands of tourists were stranded and hundreds were feared dead. (KEYSTONE/EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT)

SRI LANKA ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Rows of houses destroyed by surging waters at Moratuwa ( 20 km from Colombo) Sunday, 26 December, 2004. Close to 2,000 to 3,000 people died in Sri Lanka’s worst natural calamity on Sunday when 3 to 5-metre high waves swept most of the country’s shoreline causing death and destruction and rendering thousands homeless. The government rushed relief teams and emergency supplies but relief operations were hampered by railway lines and blocked roads that were torn apart by the intensity of the huge waves that virtually swallowed up the land and left many deal. The military was called out with airforce helicopters drawn into emergency service and navy boats being sent for rescue operations. EPA / M.A.PUSHPA KUMARA EPA/M.A.PUSHPA KUMARA

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Indonesian soldiers charged with recovering bodies walk past piles of debris on the outskirts of Banda Aceh, Sumatra Island, Indonesia, Monday, January 10, 2005. More than two weeks after the December 26, 2004 huge earthquake and tsunami killed over 100,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province, the government is stepping up moves to recover and bury up to 50,000 remaining bodies while forging ahead with construction of shelters for survivors. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

INDONESIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Eine Frau sucht am Montag, 17. Januar 2005, in Meulaboh, Indonesien, in den Truemmern eines Hauses nach verwertbaren Materialien. Am heutigen Montag haben die Hilfsfluege der Schweizer Luftwaffe in die von der Flutwellen Katastrophe betroffenen Gebiete begonnen. (KEYSTONE/Steffen Schmidt)

INDONESIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Refugee children try to catch relief goods tossed from an Australian military helicopter Monday, January 17, 2005 in a rice paddy in Lampaya, outskirts of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Aceh was hardest-hit by the December 26, 2004 quake-spawned tsunami that killed more than 115,200 in Aceh, the northernmost province on Sumatra island. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

INDONESIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Indonesian volunteers carry the dead body of a tsunami victim in Banda Aceh on Sunday, January 9, 2005. The death toll in Indonesia alone is expected to exceed 100,000 as the country took the full force of the huge earthquake and tsunamis that swallowed entire coastal villages. (KEYSTONE/EPA/Mast Irham)

SRI LANKA ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

A Sri Lankan woman whose two small children were killed in last week's devastating tsunami turns away from the sight of her wrecked house after visiting her home for the first time since the tsunami ravaged the village Sunday, January 2, 2005 in Mulaitivu in the rebel controlled North of Sri Lanka. A few dozen villagers returned to their homes to inspect the damage and to try to find important papers and sentimental items like photos. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Ed Wray)

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A woman sits among the debris of her destroyed home in the ravaged town of Hambantota, some 200km south of Colombo, Thursday 30 December 2004. Aid workers in Sri Lanka struggled Thursday to provide basic necessities to victims in tsunami-battered parts of the country as the Tamil rebel chief appealed for more international assistance to help northern and eastern regions. (KEYSTONE/EPA/DENNIS M. SABANGAN)

SRI LANKA ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Locals cover their face from the smell of dead bodies as they view the damage in the ravaged town of Hambantota, some 200km south of Colombo, Thursday, December 30, 2004. Aid workers in Sri Lanka struggled Thursday to provide basic necessities to victims in tsunami-battered parts of the country as the Tamil rebel chief appealed for more international assistance to help northern and eastern regions. (KEYSTONE/EPA/Dennis M. Sabangan)

INDONESIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Acehnese people stand in line as they wait for their turn to get free petrol distribute by the goverment at a petrol station in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on Wednesday 29 December 2004. Amid fears of a disease epidemic in Indonesia's tsunami-devastated Aceh province, the closest to Sunday's earthquake epicentre, exhausted rescue workers continued pulling out decomposed bodies Wednesday as the death toll jumped to nearly 33,000. EPA/WEDA

SRI LANKA ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Government workers and volunteers pile bodies on to a mass burial pit, including train passengers who were riding from Colombo to Galle, the unclaimed victims were buried near the southern Sri Lankan town of Galle, Tuesday, December 28, 2004. Families of the dead used cooking utensils and even their bare hands to dig graves in the aftermath of a huge tidal wave in Sri Lanka, as rescuers searching through the debris uncovered thousands of bodies Tuesday, bringing the toll in this tropical island to 15,000. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)

INDONESIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

A pile of dead bodies of tsunami victims are laid in a hole in Loknga, Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, February 3, 2005. Indonesian workers cleaning up debris of the December 26 tsunami found 897 more bodies, raising the confirmed death toll from the tragedy to 111,171, the government said Thursday. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

INDIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN OPFER

Parents grieve near the body of their child washed ashore at Silver Beach in Cuddalore, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Monday, December 27, 2004. Massive tidal waves triggered by an Indonesian earthquake slammed into southern India Sunday, killing nearly 2,300 people and sweeping away boats, homes and vehicles. The worst affected area was Tamil Nadu state, where 1,705 people were killed. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

SRI LANKA ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

An unidentified woman cries after tidal waves destroyed her house on the coastal areas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004. Massive waves triggered by earthquakes crashed into villages along a wide stretch of Sri Lankan coast on Sunday, killing more than 2,100 people and displacing a million others. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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Jenita Jeyarajah, left and Murugupillai Jeyarajah, right, parents of Abilass Jeyarajah or Baby 81, dress him in Kalmunai, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, February 23, 2005. A week into reunion with his parents after a wrenching court battle involving a DNA test to determine the rightful parents, tsunami survivor Abilass Jeyarajah is attracting a host of visitors and a well wisher has promised to sponsor a two week tour for the family to the United States. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardenwa)

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Boats are slammed to shops on shore after the area was hit by tidal waves at Patong beach in Phuket, Thailand, Sunday Dec. 26, 2004. The most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed to coastlines across Asia on Sunday, killing more than 500 people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand. The U.S. Geological Survey said the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Indonesia is the largest in the world in 40 years. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Karim Khamzin)

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

European tourists walk the beach of Kata assessing damages done by the tidal wave that hit Kata beach in Phuket, Thailand, Sunday, December 26, 2004. One of the most-powerful earthquakes in years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into coastlines across Asia Sunday, killing more than 700 people in Sri Lanka, Indonesia , India, Malaysia and Thailand. Tourists, fishermen, homes and cars were swept away by walls of water unleashed by the 8.9-magnitude, centered of the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, officials said. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/John Ishii)

SRI LANKA ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

A young Sri Lankan muslim helps bury neighbors as he defends his mouth and nose from the stench of decomposing bodies lying under the debris in what used to be a residential area in the coastal town of Hambatota, southern Sri Lanka Thursday Dec. 30, 2004. Across the affected areas, bloated corpses were still being dragged from debris, rivers and lagoons as the official death toll reached 22,799. Health officials from Western countries started moving to quake-affected parts of Sri Lanka Thursday after officials warned about possible disease outbreaks.(AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)

INDIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

**EDITORS NOTE GRAPHIC CONTENT** An unidentified person carries his son as relatives and others grieve at the site of a mass burial at Cuddalore, India, Monday, Dec. 27, 2004. Massive tidal waves triggered by an Indonesian earthquake slammed into southern India Sunday, killing nearly 2,300 people and sweeping away boats, homes and vehicles. The worst affected area was Tamil Nadu state, where 1,705 people were killed. The U.S. Geological Survey said there quake's magnitude was 9.0 - the strongest since a 9.2 magnitude temblor in Alaska in 1964, and the fourth-largest in a century. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

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Bodies of adults and children lie in mass grave near Wat Bang Muang Friday, January 7, 2005, in Takuapa, Thailand. More than 5,000 people are listed dead in Thailand following a massive tsunami that struck the popular tourist area in southern Thailand on December 26, 2004. More than 4,000 people are still listed missing in Thailand in the disaster. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/David Longstreath)

INDIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

A woman weeps after volunteers found her sister in law's body in the port city Nagapattinam, about 350 kilometers south of Madras on Tuesday 28 December 2004, after a tidal wave hit the area 26 December. More than 7,000 people died along eastern coastal India Sunday after a powerful earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered massive tidal waves. Officials said thousands were feared missing. EPA/HARISH TYAGI

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Thai doctors and volunteers carry bodies of tsunami victims during a mass funeral at Bang Muang cemetery, Khao Lak, Phang Nga province, southern of Thailand, Saturday, January 1, 2005. More than 3,000 bodies of tourists and local people have been retrieved from the area of Khao Lak along Andaman coastline in northern Phuket following Sunday's tidal waves. (KEYSTONE/EPA/Rungroj Yongrit)

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

A man looking for a relative looks at the list of injured survivors registered in hospitals in Phuket at Bangkok Phuket Hospital in Phuket, Thailand, Wednesday, December 29, 2004. In Asia, hundreds of people are still missing and more than 40,000 people are dead after an earthquake which triggered massive tidal waves. (KEYSTONE/EPA/Barbara Walton)

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN SCHWEIZ

Members of the Swiss Disaster Victim Identification Team (DVI) carry away a body bag with an unidentified tsunami victim in Krabi, Thailand, Saturday, January 8, 2005. The work of the DVI consits, among others, in collecting DNA samples, making dental records of a body, taking fingerprints and making x-rays. (KEYSTONE/Steffen Schmidt)

SCHWEIZ ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN TRAUER

Pedestrians observe three minutes of silence in the streets of Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, January 5, 2005, as people throughout Europe hold a silent tribute to the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami. (KEYSTONE/Walter Bieri)

SCHWEIZ ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Die Strapazen des Erlebten und des langen Fluges von den Malediven bis in die Schweiz sind diesen Frauen am Montag, 27. Dezember 2004, kurz nach ihrer Ankunft am Terminal 2 des Flughafens Zuerich Kloten anzusehen. Ueber 300 Schweizerinnen und Schweizer sind an Bord von zwei Edelweiss-Maschinen von den Malediven nach Zuerich Kloten zurueckgekehrt. Die meisten Passagiere gehoerten zum Edelweiss-Flug A330, der am Sonntagmorgen in Male eingetroffen war, also nachdem die durch das schwere Erdbeben im Indischen Ozean ausgeloeste Flutwelle den Archipel heimgesucht hatte. Am Flughafen angekommen wurden die Touristen von Mitarbeitern eines Psychologen Teams der Elvia betreut. (KEYSTONE/Steffen Schmidt)

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Tourists carry their luggage as they leave Patong beach, in Phuket, 862 Km south of Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, December 27, 2004. The death toll from Sunday's earthquake-triggered tsunami rose to 438 Monday morning as massive rescue efforts continued in Thailand's southern tourism region. On the resort island of Phuket, the government reported 130 dead, 880 injured and 355 missing. (KEYSTONE/EPA/Vinai Dithajohn)

INDIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

People carry their belongings as the leave Nagapattinam, about 350 kilometers south of Madras on Tuesday 28 December 2004, after a tidal wave hit the area 26 December. More than 7,000 people died along eastern coastal India Sunday after a powerful earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra triggered massive tidal waves. Officials said thousands were feared missing. EPA/HARISH TYAGI

SRI LANKA ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Rescue workers retrieve dead bodies at the railway line near Seenigama, a popular tourist destination near Galle (116 kilometres from Colombo) devastated by the tidal wave, Monday, 27 December, 2004. The death toll from devastating tidal waves caused by the world's largest earthquake in four decades continued to rise Monday, with officials reporting nearly 24,000 people killed across southern Asia. EPA/M.A.PUSHPA KUMARA

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

A Thai soldier takes a rest against part of a mass grave site near Wat Bang Muang Sunday, January 9, 2005 in Takuapa, Thailand. More than 5,000 people are listed dead in Thailand following the December 26, 2004 massive tsunami that struck the popular tourist area in southern Thailand. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

INDIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Tsunami victims at a relief camp reach for rice packets being distributed in Nagappattinam, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Friday, December 31, 2004. As the death toll from the earthquake-tsunami catastrophe soared to 121,000, nations donated US$500 million (euro 370 million) toward the world's largest-ever relief effort. The death toll in India is above 7,700. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

INDONESIEN ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN HILFE

Indonesian workers load mineral water supplies for earthquake survivors into a military ship at the Navy port in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday, January 7, 2005. Governments and citizens from all over the world have pledged of financial aid for tsunami-affected countries reached a staggering US$4 billion, donors meeting here on Thursday for a one-day tsunami crisis summit stated that they were committed to long-term rehabilitation and reconstruction. (KEYSTONE/EPA/Bagus Indahono)

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Tourists flock on Patong beach in front of a damaged hotel, in Phuket, Thailand, Saturday, January 15, 2005. Visitors can look forward to strolling along a wider sidewalk while enjoying a more open view of the beach in the new Patong. (KEYSTONE/EPA/Vinai Dithajohn)

THAILAND ERDBEBEN FLUTWELLE ASIEN

Where is my playground? Sabaythip Janputh, 2, asks her father Samai Janputh as he looks out to a quiet Andaman Sea, a day after it was filled with a raging tidal wave, which devastated areas of Phuket resport island Thailand, Monday 27 December 2004. More than 21,000 are believed to have died after the most powerful earthquakes on record centered off the west coast of the Indonesian island Sumatra struck and triggered massive tidal waves. EPA/BARBARA WALTON