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Death Toll Climbs

Ray Turner - Dec 30, 2004 / 9:32 am | Story: 6132

The death toll from the tsunami disaster has rocketed to more than 114,000 after Indonesia found tens of thousands of new bodies on the northern island of Sumatra.

Indonesian officials reported Thursday that nearly 28,000 more people had been confirmed dead on the island, which lies only 150 kilometres from the epicentre of Sunday's quake.

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