Tsunami Clips From Morning Reading

...scores of local women died when their long hair become caught in trees, gripping them in the path of the giant wave.

Workers also told how thousands of pilgrims died as they visited the shrine town of Velankanni, the site of the famous Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Good Health.

"I have been in war and I have been through a number of hurricanes, tornadoes and other relief operations, but I have never seen anything like this," said America's former top soldier. (POWELL)

In one rare good luck tale, a cargo ship rescued an Aceh man who spent eight days floating in the sea on an uprooted tree, living largely off coconuts and rain.

Australia and Germany pledged more than $1 billion in aid, raising the U.N.'s global tally to nearly $3.7 billion...