Soldiers dump unknown dead bodies from Sunday's earthquake and tsunamis into a common mass grave Wednesday Dec. 29 2004 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. At least 32,490 people were killed in Indonesia, all on Sumatra island, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. It said this figure did not include districts on Sumatra's hard-hit western coast, meaning the final death toll will almost certainly rise significantly. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
With an image of the Christian "Mother Mary" attached to debris, a local resident salvages a bicycle from the devastation to his fishing village by the weekend's massive tsunami, Wednesday, Dec. 29, in the eastern coastal town of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. Sunday's earthquake-triggered tsunami has left over 21,000 dead and thousands still missing according to Sri Lanka's National Disaster Management Center. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
A destroyed jetty at the Medhufushi Hotel is seen hours after a tidal wave ripped through the hotel on the Meemu atoll, 130 kilometers (80 miles) south of Male, Maldives islands, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004. About 300 guests, none of them injured, were evacuated by the Pakistani Navy from the atoll on Monday. At least 63,000 people are reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africa's eastern coast, most killed by massive tidal waves that smashed coastlines after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia's coast on Sunday. (AP Photo/Yann Moaligou)
Pyres of victims who were killed by tidal waves burn on the beach at Alappad, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004. More than 55,000 people have been killed across south and southeast Asia following a massive earthquake close to Indonesia on Sunday, which triggered devastating tsunamis. (AP Photo/Str)
A resident tries to douse a fire, which spread from embers of cremations into a colony in Nagapattinam, a place hit by tidal waves, India, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004. At least 58,407 people are reported dead around southern Asia and as far away as Somalia on Africa's eastern coast, most killed by massive tidal waves that smashed coastlines after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off Indonesia's coast on Sunday, followed by aftershocks in the region. The death toll in India is more than 4,400. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
An aerial image taken from a helicopter shows villagers stand next to a road destroyed by Sunday's tsunami at Telwatte, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004. Rescue workers reported another 3,009 deaths from Sunday's earthquake-triggered tsunami, lifting Sri Lanka's toll to 21,715, said the National Disaster Management Center. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
