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British officials give Asian tsunami death toll breakdown
LONDON (AFP) Dec 05, 2005
The total of dead or missing in the Asian tsunami disaster of December 26, 2004 now stands at 270,000, the London inquest into the 93 of the victims was told on Monday.

Inquest opens into British victims of Asian tsunami
LONDON (AFP) Dec 05, 2005
A coroner's inquest opened in London on Monday into the deaths of 93 people who were among the 217,000 people killed in the Asian tsunami disaster nearly a year ago.

At least one dead as strong earthquake rocks east and central Africa
NAIROBI (AFP) Dec 05, 2005
A powerful earthquake shook east and central Africa on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring several others in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), near the epicenter on the border with Tanzania.

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African quake kills at least one in eastern DRCongo
KINSHASA (AFP) Dec 05, 2005
At least one person was killed and two injured in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday when a powerful earthquake hit eastern and central Africa, a hospital source said.

Strong earthquake rocks east and central Africa, injuries reported
NAIROBI (AFP) Dec 05, 2005
A powerful earthquake shook east and central Africa on Monday, injuring an unknown number of people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) near its epicenter on the border with Tanzania.

West blasts fraud in Kazakhstan president's landslide win
ASTANA (AFP) Dec 05, 2005
Western observers blasted oil-rich Kazakhstan's "flawed" presidential poll Monday after veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev won landslide re-election and the opposition called for the result to be annulled.

Injuries reported in DR Congo near epicenter of east African quake
KINSHASA (AFP) Dec 05, 2005
Several people were reported wounded when houses collapsed in a village in the southeast Democratic Republic of Congonear the epicenter of a powerful earthquake that hit east and central Africa on Monday, witnesses said.

French observatory records magnitude of African quake at 7.5
STRASBOURG, France (AFP) Dec 05, 2005
An earthquake that rocked parts east and central Africa Monday registered 7.5 on the Richter scale, according to a French seismic observatory -- making it a temblor strong enough to cause damage in inhabited areas.

Strong quake shakes six nations across east and central Africa
NAIROBI (AFP) Dec 05, 2005
A powerful earthquake shook central and east Africa on Monday, causing buildings to sway and sending thousands of people into the streets in at least six nations near its epicenter on the border between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Powerful quake hits east Africa
NAIROBI (AFP) Dec 05, 2005
An earthquake registering 7.5 on the Richter scale struck east Africa on Monday, prompting workers to evacuate offices in the Kenyan capital.

Quake rattles Lake Tanganyika region of Kenya
WASHINGTON (AFP) Dec 05, 2005
A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Lake Tanganyika region of Kenya early Monday, according to the US Geological Survey, which monitors seismic activity around the globe.

Tremor sparks evacuations of tall buildings in Kenyan capital
NAIROBI (AFP) Dec 05, 2005
Workers evacuated tall buildings in Nairobi on Monday afternoon after a brief tremor rocked the city.

Indonesian women key to new Aceh: reconstruction boss
JAKARTA (AFP) Dec 05, 2005
Women will be the key to a new Aceh that is open and progressive, the head of the agency tasked with overseeing the rebuilding in the tsunami-hit Indonesian province said Monday as he defended the speed of reconstruction there.

Earthquake rocks Taipei buildings
TAIPEI (AFP) Dec 05, 2005
An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale hit the capital and surrounding area Monday causing buildings to sway, seismologists said.

Kazakhstan's veteran president wins landslide, opposition cries foul
ASTANA (AFP) Dec 05, 2005
Oil-rich Kazakhstan's veteran President Nursultan Nazarbayev won landslide re-election to a new seven year term, official results showed Monday, as the opposition demanded the vote be declared invalid.


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