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Memorials Held Ahead of First Anniversary of Deadly Tsunami
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=10515CF:3919ACA Tsunami, triggered
by massive earthquake off Sumatra island, killed more than 200,000
people Monday marks the one year anniversary of the tsunami that
devastated the Indian





Howard Digby Johns reads from the Bible during a remembrance ceremony
near Patong Beach in PhuketOcean coastline from Malaysia to East
Africa and memorials to the victims of that natural disaster have
already begun.

In Thailand Saturday, some mourners prayed, others observed a moment
of silence while separately the country's sea gypsy tribe, the Moken,
banged drums, chanted and made offerings to the sea.

The tsunami, triggered by a massive earthquake off Sumatra island,
killed more than 200,000 people and left more than two million people
homeless.

Many ceremonies are planned for Monday, when survivors, relatives of
victims, government officials and others in the region and around the
world mark the day that one of the worst natural disasters in recent
history occurred.


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