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Indonesian tsunami death toll climbs

By Shawn Donnan in Jakarta

Published: July 18 2006 05:49 | Last updated: July 18 2006 21:06

Rescuers picked through rubble looking for both bodies and survivors on Tuesday as the death toll from the latest tsunami to hit Indonesia topped 350.

According to wire reports, at least 368 people were killed in coastal towns along southern Java island when a two-metre tsunami caused by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake came crashing onto the shoreline.

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