Tsunami briefs:

Bush looks for answers

WASHINGTON: Weeks after the tsunami, US president George W Bush says the extent of the tragedy is "still beyond my compredemption".
Speaking to The Bug moments after his inaugafacation for his second four-year term, Mr Bush said: "I still don't understand how so many innocent people could have been killed so quickly using only natural means."
He added that a "please explain" had been sent to Pentagon chiefs.

Figures far from right

SYDNEY: The death toll from the Boxing Day tsunami is being highly overstated by politicians and aid organisations "for their own selfish purposes and agendas", according to the head of the respected Andrew Bolt Centre for Thinking Right.

SA reports false alarm

ADELAIDE: Emergency services in South Australia were put on high alert for several hours yesterday following the receipt of what turned out to be a bogus tsunami warning.
A government spokesperson said the alert was sparked by measuring devices being monitored by the University of Adelaide at beaches on Kangaroo Island off the SA coast as part of an oceanography research project.
The spokesperson said scientists conducting the research determined it was a false alarm once they realised federal Minister for Immigration, Senator Amanda Vanstone, was holidaying on the island.

Rebuilding bill adds up

BRISBANE: The Queensland Government has offered to fund the complete rebuilding of the devastated Aceh province of Indonesia, despite World Bank claims that the task might cost at least $5 billion.
Premier Peter Beattie promised that Queensland taxpayers would not be out of pocket because of the state's magnanimous gesture.
"I've scrapped the remaining TV and press ads for the Energex summer storm warning and tree-planting campaigns," Mr Beattie said. "That should just about cover it."

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