DADELLA, Sri Lanka, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, among the foreign tourists caught in the tsunami disaster in Asia, was not hurt in Sri Lanka.
The 74-year-old Kohl had been staying at a coastal resort in Sri Lanka undergoing spa treatments, and he said he planned to complete his vacation, his spokesman told the BBC Tuesday.
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Sri Lanka was the hardest hit by the earthquake and subsequent tidal waves Sunday that killed an estimated 60,000 in several countries. The bodies of more than 700 tourists have been found in the Thai resort of Khao Lak.
Hundreds of foreign vacationers have already flown or are flying out of the region.
