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"Captain Compassion" |
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03 Jan 2005 01:22:39 PM |
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Up to 5,000 Americans unaccounted for in tsunami disaster: Powell |
Monday January 3, 11:59 PM
Up to 5,000 Americans unaccounted for in tsunami disaster: Powell
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/050103/1/3pmin.html
As many as 5,000 Americans are still unaccounted for a week after the
world's deadliest tsunami pounded a dozen countries across the Indian
Ocean, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
Powell told reporters aboard his plane en route to Bangkok that the
confirmed toll of Americans still stood at 15 with a defense
department worker listed as missing.
"The number of private citizens or citizens unaccounted for still
lingers around 4-5,000," he said, adding the figure was based on phone
calls from relatives or friends inquiring about their whereabouts.
Powell said this did not mean they were necessarily casualties in the
catastrophe.
But he added: "We can't ignore the very distinct possibility that
there are Americans within this number who have lost their lives. We
just don't know that."
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