Tsunami Aftermath contains lessons for New Orleans

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Tsunami Aftermath Contains Lessons For New Orleans

BANGKOK, Thailand -- Katrina's victims may learn lessons from Thailand's tsunami where DNA and real estate profits have become priorities, and thousands of survivors still cannot cope eight months after rescue.

Unlike impoverished Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka, quake-propelled tidal swells hit Thailand's glitzy tourist zone, killing more than 5,400 Thai residents and foreigners.

It became a crash-course for U.S. and international aid workers dealing with relatively prosperous victims in vicious floods.