SOLDIERS used bulldozers yesterday to push into a strip of Thai luxury resorts destroyed by tidal waves and picked the bodies of European tourists from ruined gardens and suites as the death toll climbed to 2,000.

Soldiers used bulldozers today to push into a strip of Thai luxury resorts destroyed by tidal waves, and picked the bodies of European tourists from ruined gardens and hotel rooms.

AT least 23 people from the Nordic countries were killed and 600 more are missing following the deadly earthquake-driven tidal waves that swept southern Asia on Monday.

At least 23 people from the Nordic countries were killed and hundreds more missing after deadly earthquake-driven tidal waves swept southern Asia.