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TSUNAMI ALERT: India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh...

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Aug. 10, 2009
TSUNAMI ALERT: India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh...(First headline, 3rd story, link)Related stories:7.6 MAG QUAKE ROCKS INDIAN OCEAN...EPICENTER: Off India -- near Andaman Islands...
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