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3rd anniversary of worst natural disaster in memory
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Updated: 2007-12-26 22:50

Acehnese woman, Devi Novita, cries as she prays at a tsunami victims' mass grave in Banda Aceh December 26, 2007. Novita lost her father, mother and 3 brothers during the 2004 tsunami. Thousands of Indonesian factory workers and villagers scrambled up the hills of Java island on Wednesday as sirens blared in a drill to mark the third anniversary of the deadly Asian tsunami.[Agencies]

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A teacher holds a Quran as students gather in a mass prayer for 2004 tsunami victims in Banda Aceh December 26, 2007. Thousands of Indonesian factory workers and villagers scrambled up the hills of Java island on Wednesday as sirens blared in a drill to mark the third anniversary of the deadly Asian tsunami. [Agencies]

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R.P. Mageline and her brother light candles at a graveyard for tsunami victims, marking the third anniversary of the tsunami that hit Peraliya in Hikkaduwa, December 26, 2007. The United Nations says nearly 100,000 families are now back in permanent shelter on the third anniversary of the worst natural disaster in memory, which left 35,000 people dead or missing in Sri Lanka and killed around 230,000 in total around the Indian Ocean rim. [Agencies]

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G. Mhesika, a relative of tsunami victims, sits on a beach during the third anniversary of the tsunami hit at Peraliya, in Hikkaduwa, December 26, 2007. [Agencies]

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R.P. Mageline lights candles at a graveyard for tsunami victims on the third anniversary of the tsunami hit at Peraliya, in Hikkaduwa, December 26, 2007. [Agencies]

A relative mourns at a graveyard for tsunami victims on the third anniversary of the tsunami hit at Peraliya, in Hikkaduwa, December 26, 2007. [Agencies]

Women cry during a mass prayer to mark the third anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Calang town, December 26, 2007. Hundreds of Indonesians prayed at a mass graves in Aceh province on December 26, 2007 to remember those who died in the tsunami three years ago.  [Agencies]

Combo pictures shows aerial views of Calang town, which was hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, in Indonesia's Aceh province taken on August 3, 2005 (L) and December 14, 2007 (R), in this handout picture released on December 26, 2007. [Agencies]

Floating paper lanterns fill the sky over the Andaman Sea in remembrance of the Indian Ocean tsunami victims in Khao Lak, in Thailand's Phang Nga province, nearly 110 km (68 miles) north of the resort island of Phuket, December 26, 2007. The Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26, 2004 killed almost 6,000 people and left nearly 3,000 missing in Thailand. [Agencies]

Asko Kajanoja (R) and his son Alex, of Finland, light a floating paper lantern in remembrance of the Indian Ocean tsunami victims in Khao Lak, in Thailand's Phang Nga province, nearly 110 km (68 miles) north of the resort island of Phuket,  December 26, 2007. The Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26, 2004 killed almost 6,000 people and left nearly 3,000 missing in Thailand. [Agencies]

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