Reuters article on internet sites to help find tsunami victims

[Nothing Without Hope]

If it is possible, it would be great to have a long-term DU area set aside for links to donation sites, victim search sites, and other links relevant to the great tragedy, updated as new news and sites become available. Are you listening, administrators? This transcends politics, and the nature of this discussion board means that it is a natural collection site for information exchange and creative discourse of all kinds. Let's take advantage of that.
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1212&e=1&u=/nm/20041230/wr_nm/quake_asia_internet_dc&sid=95573503
Family, Friends Scan Internet for Tsunami Victims

Thu Dec 30, 7:02 AM ET

 Technology - Internet Report

By Tan Ee Lyn

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Distraught relatives and friends of those missing after the most catastrophic tsunami on record are increasingly turning to the Internet to search for loved ones.

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The Thai government has also set up Web sites listing names of victims from the disaster (http://www.phuketitcity.com, http://www.disaster.go.th, http://www.narenthorn.or.th).

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Other Web sites collating information and news about the disaster, aid and volunteer efforts have also sprung up, such as http://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com.

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Some 1,500 Swedes, 1,000 Germans, 600 Italians, 464 Norwegians, 294 Singaporeans, 277 Hong Kong residents, 219 Danes, 200 Finns and 200 Czechs have been reported as missing by their governments.

Valerio Natale, a 14-year-old Italian student, said two missing Italian holidaymakers -- Dario Collodi and Liliana Giordanino -- have already been found thanks to postings on his web page http://www.tuttosimpsons.altervista.org/index.htm.

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