- PHOTO TAKEN 30DEC04 - A man carries his child and dog across a river as they flee an area devastated by the quake-triggered tidal waves on the Indonesian island of Nias, off the coast of northern Sumatra, December 30, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. Photo taken December 30. 

An Acehnese man walks past debris from the quake-triggered tsunami in Indonesia's Banda Aceh December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Family members walk near a poster with instructions on claiming bodies of victims in Thailand's Khabi province December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

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Thai family members look at pictures of the injured and dead from Sunday's tsunami, in Khabi province south of Bangkok, December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Thai family members look at pictures of the injured and dead fromSunday's tsunami, in Khabi province south of Bangkok, December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Forensic officials scan a fingerprint of a tsunami victim in Khabi province south of Bangkok. December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Forensic officials scan a fingerprint of a tsunami victim in Khabi province south of Bangkok. December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Pakistan wildlife staff measure the length of a dead blind dolphin near Sukkur, 480 km (300 miles) from Karachi December 31, 2004. Dry weather and lack of water in rivers is causing a reduction in numbers of such endangered species.The Indus dolphin is functionally blind and it is estimated that there are between 950 to 1000 Indus dolphins remaining in Pakistan. The species is listed as 'Endangered' by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). 

Pakistan wildlife staff prepare to bury dead Indus dolphins near Sukkur, 480 km (300 miles) from Karachi December 31, 2004. Dry weather and lack of water in rivers is causing a reduction in numbers of such endangered species.The Indus dolphin is functionally blind and it is estimated that there are between 950 to 1000 Indus dolphins remaining in Pakistan.The species is listed as 'Endangered' by the World Conservation Union (IUCN). 

Thousands of revellers in Hong Kong celebrate as '2005' is displayed on a screen when the clock strikes twelve January 1, 2005. The traditional party of the year becomes a sombre affair across the globe on Friday evening as nations around the world have reined in their New Year [celebrations and revellers have been urged to donate money to help the millions affected by south Asia's deadly tsunami. More than 150 Hong Kong residents are still missing after the disaster killed more than 125,000 people.] 

Palestinian boys pass by posters of later President Yasser Arafat and PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza, December 31, 2004. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is widely expected to win a January 9. election to succeed the late Yasser Arafat. 

A Palestinian boy passes a pictures of later President Yasser Arafat and PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza, December 31,2004. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, who is widely expected to win a January 9 election to succeed the late Yasser Arafat. 

Indian survivors of Sunday's tsuanmi disaster run to receive relief provisions in Cuddalore, about 180 km (112 miles) south of the Indian city of Madras December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Juan Maldonado (R) throws confetti into the air alongside clerks and traders at the close of trading for the New year, at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange December 31, 2004. [U.S. Treasury yields closed out the year on Friday barely an inch away from their starting levels for the year, defying the Federal Reserve's efforts to tighten monetary policy.] 

British athlete Kelly Holmes takes a break from her training schedule in Potchefstroom south of Johannesburg, to talk to journalists, December 31, 2004. [Holmes, a double gold medalist at the Athens Olympics has been made a Dame by Britain's Queen Elizabeth in her New Years honours list.] ??? USE ONLY 

India women volunteers prepare chapatti, or handmade bread, for the tsunami survivors in the southern Indian city of Bangalore December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Nicervan Barzani, second in command of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, speaks with a reporter at his office in Salahedin, north of Arbil, December 30, 2004. Voting rights for ethnic Arabs who settled in the oil-rich city of Kirkuk during Saddam Hussein's rule should be curtailed, said Barzani. [Picture taken December 30, 2004.] 

Aerial view of mosque in flattened area in the tsunami-struck city of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on December 31 as millions struggled to find food and clean water and persistent rumors of new giant waves sent many fleeing inland in panic.
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Flattend houses are seen from the air in the tsunami-struck city of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on December 31 as millions struggled to find food and clean water and persistent rumors of new giant waves sent many fleeing inland in panic.? QUALITY DOCUMENT 

Flattend houses are seen from the air in the tsunami-struck city of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on December 31 as millions struggled to find food and clean water and persistent rumors of new giant waves sent many fleeing inland in panic.
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The setting sun is seen through the window of a house which is adorned with 2005 New Year decorations on the last day of the year in Amman, December 31, 2004. 

Budgies are displayed in a cage adourned with New Year decorations to attract buyers at a pet shop in Amman December 2004. 

Love birds are displayed in a cage adourned with New Year decorations to attract buyers at a pet shop in Amman December 2004. 

Fireworks explode over the temple of the Parthenon at the Acropolis hill during celebrations for the new year's day in Athens January 1, 2005. 

Taiwanese people attend a countdown party in front of the 508 meters tall Taipei 101 tower, the world's tallest office building, in Taipei on January 1, 2005. 

Fireworks explode at the 508 meter tall Taipei 101 tower, the world's tallest office building, during a countdown party in Taipei on January 1, 2005 to the new year. 

- PHOTO TAKEN 14DEC04 - Japanese Emperor Akihito (front 3rd R) Empress Michiko (front 2nd R) and their family members applaud for Princess Aiko, daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito (front R) and Crown Princess Masako (front L) holding the princess as they gather for a family photo session for the New Year at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on this handout photograph taken December 14, 2004. Other family members standing are Princess Sayako (L), Prince Akishino (C) and his wife Princess Kiko (back R) and their daughters Princess Mako (back 2nd L) and Princess Kako. Picture taken December 14, 2004.
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- PHOTO TAKEN 14DEC04 - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (back 3rd R), and their family members look on Princess Aiko, daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito (back L) and Crown Princess Masako (front R) while Prince Aiko play with Princess Mako (front 2nd L) and Princess Kako (front 3rd L), daughters of Prince Akishino (back 2nd R) and Princess Kiko (front L), for a family photo session for the New Year at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on this handout photograph taken December 14, 2004. Looking on at far right is Princess Sayako. Picture taken December 14, 2004.
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- PHOTO TAKEN 14DEC04 - Japanese Emperor Akihito (fron 3rd R) and Empress Michiko (front 2nd R), pose for a photograph for the New Year with their family members at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on this handout photograph taken December 14, 2004. Family members are Crown Prince Naruhito (front R), Crown Princess Masako (L) holding their daughter Princess Aiko, Princess Sayako (back L), Prince Akishino (back C) and his wife Princess Kiko (back R) and their daughters Princess Mako (back 2nd L) and Princess Kako. Picture taken December 14, 2004.
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Pope John Paul II waves as he arrives at the altar to preside the Te Deum prayer in St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, December 31, 2004. The pontiff ended the year with words of thanks for the last 12 months and a hopeful eye toward 2005, in his traditional New Year's Eve address to Roman churchgoers. 

Boats and houses battered by tsunami in Phang-Nga, 110 km north of Phuket, Thailand, December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Thai people hold candles to honour the memory of those who died after Asia's tsunami during a gathering, in Phuket province about 862 km (536 miles) south of Bangkok, December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Young Thai Muslims smile as they play in their village in Thailand's island town of Phuket on December 31, 2004. 

A foreigner looks at pictures of dead victims of the Sunday's tsunami, at a rescue centre in Thailand's island of Phuket, December 31, 2004. The death toll from the Asian tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia, stood at 126,530 people, government and health officials. 

A Thai man searches for the name of his family member who had gone missing since the tsunami that hit last Sunday, at a rescue centre in Thailand's island of Phuket, December 31, 2004. The death toll from the Asian tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia, stood at 126,530 people, government and health officials said. 

French President Jacques Chirac poses prior to the presentation of his New Year wishes for 2005 in a televised adress to the nation from the Elysee Palace, December 31, 2004. 

French President Jacques Chirac poses prior to the presentation of his New Year wishes for 2005 in a televised adress to the nation from the Elysee Palace, December 31, 2004. [French economic policy is on the right road and Paris should resume cutting income tax and hold down state spending in 2005, President Jacques Chirac said in a New Year's address on Friday.] 

Sudanese President Omar al Bashir addresses the crowd after the signing ceremony of two protocols with southern Sudanese rebels in Naivasha, 90 km (55 miles) west of Nairobi December 31, 2004. [Amid singing and whoops of joy, Sudan's government and southern rebels signed the final chapters of a peace deal Friday, paving the way for a comprehensive accord ending Africa's longest-running civil war.] 

Indian rescue workers burn debris of damaged shops and houses hit by Sunday's tsunami at Velankani beach outskirts of Nagapattinama, 350 km (219 miles) south of the southern Indian city of Madras December 31, 2004. [Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history.] 

A devastated area hit by Sunday's quake-triggered tidal wave is seen at Nagapattinam beach, 350 km (219 miles) south of the southern Indian city of Madras December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Arke Sugotapale, 79, stands at the entrance of his devastated hotel in the city of Seenigama, south of Sri Lanka December 31, 2004. Sugotapale and his family escaped from the wave caused by a tsunami by climbing on the third floor of the building. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food, shelter and clean water, while the world began what may prove to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Waves crash into a protective wall at Mona Vale beach in Sydney's northern suburbs as a bather swims in the calm water of a beach-side pool at sunrise December 31, 2004. 

Waves crash into a protective wall at Mona Vale beach in Sydney's northern suburbs as a bather swims in the calm water of a beach-side pool at sunrise December 31, 2004. 

Flattened houses are seen from an Australian Air Force plane as it flies over the area damaged by Sunday's quake-triggered tidal wave in the city of Banda Aceh in Indonesia December 30, 2004. The Australian C-130 Hercules delivered vital supplies of food and petrol to the devastated area, with the Australian government so far allocating a total of A$35 million ($28 million) in aid to the areas affected by the tsunamis. ??? USE ONLY
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Waves crash into a protective wall at Mona Vale beach in Sydney's northern suburbs as a bather prepares to swim in the calm water of a beach-side pool at sunrise December 31, 2004. 

An Indian Nicobari boy, a survivor of Sunday's devastating tsunami, cries at a relief centre in Port Blair, the main city of India's remote Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, December 31, 2004. [Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history.] 

Victims of tsunami wait at a temporary resting point before taking flight homes from Phuket International Airport December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Bodies are laid in Phang-Nga,110km (69 miles) north of Phuket, Thailand December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Australian forensic scientists, who wished to be unidentified, open a body bag to take DNA samples of a tsunami victim before sending it off for mass burial in Takuapa, about 130 km (80 miles) north of the Thai resort island of Phuket, December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

An Australian forensic scientist, who wished to stay unidentified, takes DNA samples from a tsunami victim before it is prepared for burial at a temple in Takuapa, about 130 km (80 miles) north of the Thai resort island of Phuket, December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Thai health authorities bury hundreds of bodies of tsunami victims at a mass burial site in Takuapa, about 130 km (80 miles) north of the Thai resort island of Phuket, December 31, 2004. The death toll in Thailand sprawled to 4,500 after massive tidal waves, caused by a magnitude 9.0 quake off the northern Indonesian coast on December 26, devastated the southern tourist isles and beaches. 

Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader and chief negotiator Sam Kolo listens to Uganda's chief negotiator and [former government minister Betty Bigombe] in Palabek, near northern Ugandan-Sudan border in this picture taken on December 30, 2004. [Uganda's government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are to sign a landmark total cease-fire on Friday, opening the way for an end to a bloody 18-year insurgency, Bigombe said. Picture taken on December 30, 2004. ] 

Uganda's chief negotiator and former government minister Betty Bigombe (C) is seen with LRA rebels chief negotiator Brigadier Sam Kolo (R) and other LRA unidentified leader in Palabek, near northern Ugandan-Sudan border in this picture taken on December 28, 2004. Uganda's government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are to sign a landmark total cease-fire on Friday, opening the way for an end to a bloody 18-year insurgency, Bigombe said. Picture taken on December 28, 2004. 

Indian soldiers are seen among the debris and damaged fishing trawlers hit by Sunday's quake-triggered tidal waves at Nagapattinam beach, 350 km (219 miles) south of the southern Indian city of Madras December 31, 2004. [Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history.] 

Indian tsunami survivors rush for food and clothes in Nagapattinam, 350 km (219 miles) south of the southern Indian city of Madras, December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Indonesian workers at Sukarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta load UNICEF boxes containing aid supplies into a truck headed for tsunami-hit Aceh province December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Indonesian workers at Sukarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta load UNICEF boxes containing aid supplies into a truck headed for tsunami-hit Aceh province December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history. 

Indian health officials test the quality of drinking water at a relief centre in Cuddalore, about 180 km (112 miles) south of the Indian city of Madras, December 31, 2004. Aid groups fear that unless they can get emergency supplies, especially water purification systems, to the worst affected areas soon, the spread of disease could double the death toll. In India, UNICEF had begun moving more than 2,175 water storage tanks, each with a capacity of 500 litres (110 gallons), to relief camps along the south coast. 

Indian health officials test the quality of drinking water at a relief centre in Cuddalore, about 180 km (112 miles) south of the Indian city of Madras, December 31, 2004. Aid groups fear that unless they can get emergency supplies, especially water purification systems, to the worst affected areas soon, the spread of disease could double the death toll. In India, UNICEF had begun moving more than 2,175 water storage tanks, each with a capacity of 500 litres (110 gallons), to relief camps along the south coast. 

A young Indian survivor of Sunday's quake-triggered tidal wave enjoys her biscuits at a relief centre in Cuddalore, about 180 km (112 miles) south of the Indian city of Madras December 31, 2004. Asia's tsunami death toll soared above 125,000 on Friday as millions struggled to find food and clean water and the world mobilised for what is shaping up to be the biggest relief effort in history.