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400,000 Indonesians displaced by tsunami
4/1/2005 10:09

The Indonesian Health Ministry said Tuesday that nearly 400,000 people in the country were displaced by the earthquake-triggered tsunami.

The ministry said in a statement that 387,607 people became refugees.

The ministry said Monday that some 95,000 people died after anextremely powerful earthquake rocked Aceh province on Dec. 26, unleashing tidal waves and tsunamis.

"The highest figure today is 95,000 people who died," an official in charge from a data center of the ministry told Xinhua through telephone. Some 94,081 people have been confirmed dead.



 Xinhua