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| Sri Lanka says 21,715 confirmed killed by tsunami |
| 2004-12-29 |
| COLOMBO - Nearly 22,000 people have been confirmed killed in Sri Lanka by the worst tsunami in memory, and the toll was still rising, the government said on Wednesday. "We now have 21,715 people confirmed dead," D.N. Wanigasooriya, a social services officer attached to the state-run National Disaster Management Centre, told Reuters. |
| Posted by:Steve White |