Annan's Shock at Scale of Horror 'I Have Never Seen Such Utter Destruction' Says Un Chief

The HeraldJanuary 14, 2005

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SOME of the world's leading politicians yesterday witnessed for themselves the horror and devastation caused by the tsunami as they visited some of the affected nations.

Kofi Annan, the United Nations secretary general, f lew over the ravaged landscape of Indonesia's Aceh province and asked: "Where are the people?" as government officials in the capital, Jakarta, raised its death toll estimate by thousands.

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Annan's Shock at Scale of Horror 'I Have Never Seen Such Utter Destruction' Says Un Chief

Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, also expressed shock at the scale of the disaster as he toured Sri Lanka.

During a visit to de...

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