Tsunami

Batman vs. the lavender genius of crime!
I watched the great 10-hour Japanese antiwar film! Now it's your turn. Plus: Topiary genius, life after the tsunami, and a gay British crime lord.
"Caught in the Storm": The harsh toll of natural disasters on women
A new report says women suffer disproportionately after hurricanes, tsunamis and earthquakes.
Saving the world by mutual back-scratching
Activists have hit on a new way to save Indonesia's endangered tropics: Pay for local projects in exchange for conservation.
Flicked aside by the universe
9/11, the tsunami and Katrina have permanently altered our sense of scale.
What the tsunami dragged in
Still sorting through the debris in Sri Lanka, officials are uncovering the explosive legacy of a wartorn area: Land mines.
Lost heroine
An activist who drowned in her prison cell during last month's tsunami represented Aceh's struggle for independence.
A full moon over Sri Lanka
Inside Buddhist and Muslim temples, I discover how Sri Lankans are coping spiritually with the disaster. Nothing has been more moving during my entire trip.
Tea with the Tamil Tigers
Inside a camp controlled by Sri Lanka's militant rebels, I investigate rumors that the Tamil people are being shortchanged in tsunami aid.
Never too much
When it comes to charity and books, Table Talkers think big.
"Everyone here has post-traumatic stress"
As the horror hits home in Sri Lanka, there are too many relief workers and not enough stress counselors.
Toy story
With a truckload of stuffed animals, soccer balls and Frisbees, we head to refugee camps to bring relief to the kids of Sri Lanka.
The buried village
A "Dateline" film crew gets in the way as I make my way to a former surfing hot spot, where families line up for hygiene kits, and a hotel owner, who reminds me of Lenny Bruce, reclaims fishing boats.
Tsunami, ground zero
After the waves hit, I dared myself to do something. Now I'm in Sri Lanka, where nothing will ever be the same again.
Fox News gets blown away
Fox's weak coverage of the tsunami in South Asia proves that when it comes to stories with global significance, the nasty, partisan network isn't ready for prime time.
Dirtying the waters
Right-wingers are using the tsunami to attack enviros on global warming. Here's why it doesn't wash.
Right Hook
Fox News' Sean Hannity rips U.N. official over tsunami relief comment, wants him fired. Too bad his facts are wrong. And: Why is a right-winger singing from the same choir as Michael Moore?
An unchanged landscape in Washington
The administration's confused and negligent policy toward human rights abuses in Indonesia is not likely to change in the wake of the tsunami.
Welcome to the Machine
The women behind "The Mechanic's Guide to Putting Out Records" take up a new battle to save the indies.

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