A man alone in the wilderness befriends a corpse…

The huge world relief drive to shelter, treat and feed millions of survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunamis finally kicked in today as the death toll passed 121,000 and was still climbing.

Teams of forensic experts packed bodies in dry ice today as Thailand’s government announced that its death toll in the tsunami disaster had doubled to more than 4,500 people – almost half of them foreigners – and hopes faded that more survivors would be found.

Thailand’s government announced its death toll in the tsunami disaster had doubled to more than 4,500 people – almost half of them foreigners – and hopes faded more survivors would be found.