Devastation in Aceh slowly unfolding
Survivors huddle in clearings without food or shelter above the water-damage line all along the tsunami-ravaged coast of Indonesia's Aceh province, and corpses float for miles out to sea.
One man dropped to his knees and held up his clasped hands as if in prayer as the helicopter hovered just over his head.
Flash floods slow relief effort in Sri Lanka
Floods slowed aid yesterday to thousands of marooned survivors in Sri Lanka as the United States prepared to mount a military operation to help relief work as the tsunami death toll rose to nearly 30,000.
Israel launches new gaza operation
Raids undermining Palestinian election: Abbas
Israeli tanks rumbled into the northern Gaza Strip yesterday to try to stop cross-border rocket attacks described by front-running Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas as useless.
Pollution alert in Tehran
Schools in the Iranian capital were closed and the elderly, the sick and children advised to stay indoors Sunday after air pollution reached alarming levels.
Quake warning stirs panic in Assam
Panic has gripped India's northeastern state of Assam after US scientists warned of a potentially major earthquake jolting the region.
Andamans rattled by 90 aftershocks in 24 hours
India's tsunami-hit Andaman and Nicobar Islands have been rattled by 90 aftershocks in 24 hours, most of moderate intensity, the meteorological department said Sunday.
Around 3,500 Swedes still missing in Thailand
Around 3,500 Swedes are still missing in Thailand, a week after tidal waves struck the country's coastline, with 60 Swedes confirmed dead, the foreign ministry said.
Emergency in Peru after police station siege
President of Peru, Alejandro Toledo, declared a 30-day state of emergency in remote Andean province, where a group of nationalist dissidents seized a police station and took officers hostage, demanding
Argentina begins burying club fire victims
Argentina rang in the New Year on a grim note as families identified and began burying 177 victims of a fire in a Buenos Aires rock club, including children and babies who may have perished in a makeshift
