Number Of Turkish Citizens Missing After South Asian Quake Drops To 6

ANKARA (AA) - The number of Turkish citizens, unaccounted for since the quake and tsunami disaster in southern Asia, dropped to 6, sources at the Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
     Turkish diplomatic sources said that nothing had been heard from 5 Turkish citizens in Thailand and one in Sri Lanka.
     The tsunami waves triggered by an 8.9 magnitude underwater earthquake hit southern Asia on December 26th, 2004, killing about 150,000 people in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Bangladesh.
     (GC-ULG)
2005-01-10