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One-Third of the Dead Said to Be Children
By SETH MYDANS
Survivors arranged for mass burials and searched for tens of thousands of the missing in countries thousands of miles apart.
• No Alert for Tsunami | Quakes Defy Scientists
• Limiting Health Risks | Aid Agencies Mobilize
• How to Help | Complete Coverage

At Warning Center, Alert for the Quake, None for a Tsunami
By MICHELE KAYAL and MATTHEW L. WALD
Experts at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu had no way of knowing that an earthquake in Indonesia had generated a devastating tsunami.

Aid Agencies Go to Work as Tasks Continue to Mount
By ERIC LIPTON
Relief organizations from around the globe struggled Monday to deploy emergency supplies and personnel to south Asia.

Mercilessly Unpredictable, Quakes Defy Seismologists

Medical Response: International Agencies Mobilize in Effort to Limit Health Risks Posed by Disaster's Aftermath

The Internet: Blogs Provide Raw Details From Scene of the Disaster

Media: Broadcasters Struggle to Make Sense of a Disaster

Thailand: At a Resort, Harrowing Tales of Survival, Loss and Grief

New York Region: Taking Their Grief and Aid to Local Temples

India: After the Wall of Water, Only Grim Discoveries

Donations: Agencies Accepting Aid Dollars

Thousands Die as Quake-Spawned Waves Crash Onto Coastlines Across Southern Asia

Relief: Bush and Other Leaders Quick to Offer Condolences and Aid

Science: With No Alert System, Indian Ocean Nations Were Vulnerable

Homeless: Disaster Sneaks In and a Village Is Pummeled

Snapshots: Walls of Water Sweeping All in Their Path: Families, Communities, Livelihoods

Amy Waldman/The New York Times

After the Wall of Water, Only Grim Discoveries
By AMY WALDMAN
In Cuddalore, India, a wiry gravedigger had no time to waste, no sentiment to spare: just a mass grave for victims, and mass grief.

At a Resort, Harrowing Tales of Survival, Loss and Grief
By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE
There are many harrowing stories in Phuket, Thailand, from people who came for a holiday that turned deadly.

Asia's Deadly Waves
Interactive graphics and photos describing the world's most powerful earthquake in 40 years.

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How can aid agencies best help those devastated by the powerful earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra?
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