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Indonesia marks tsunami 12 years ago with prayers

Published Mon, Dec 26, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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Banda Aceh, Indonesia

THOUSANDS of Indonesians prayed for their loved ones at mass graves and mosques on Monday to mark a tsunami which devastated Aceh province 12 years ago today, one of the worst natural disasters in human history.

Some 170,000 lives were lost in the country when a 9.1-magnitude "megathrust" quake struck Aceh, a predominantly Muslim province in the northern tip of Sumatra island, bringing abo…

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