PORT BLAIR: Indian authorities speeded up yesterday the search for thousands missing in the remote Andaman islands as aid workers across the country struggled to bring relief to the living and fears of a new tsunami sent people fleeing in panic.
Massive aerial reconnaissance was underway to find people still alive on the isolated chain of islands, home to endangered tribal people, that lie near the epicentre of Sunday's earthquake.
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