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Tragic Sri Lanka Train Disaster Kills Hundreds
A tsunami struck a Colombo to Galle train at Telwatta Sri Lanka, washing cars from the track and killing 802 aboard. Rescuers recovered bodies, identified some by fingerprints, and buried 204 in a mass grave as officials logged passengers including a university student and a state official.
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Telwatta
Sri Lanka
Galle
Colombo
Daya Ratnayake
Baddegama Samitha
Electricity Board
State Research Institute of Social Development
University of Jaffna