Indonesia tsunami toll rises by 5,000

Indonesia’s tsunami death toll rose today by about 5,000 as workers continued burying victims in Aceh province as tourism chiefs gathered to discuss how to bring travellers back to ravaged Asian beaches.

Just over five weeks after the tsunami disaster, the overall toll stood between 156,000 and 178,000 across 11 nations, with an estimated 26,500 to 142,000 missing, most of whom are presumed dead.