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The massive 9.3 magnitude earthquake, epicentered just off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, generates enormous tsunami waves that crash into the coastal areas of a number of nations including Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Indonesia.
Disasters and accidents 2013 Houphouët-Boigny stampede: At least 60 people are killed and more than 200 injured in a stampede during a New Year's fireworks celebration near the Stade Félix Houphouët-Boigny in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. (BBC) (CNN) (Reuters) Royal Dutch Shell's drilling rig Kulluk drifts aground near Sitkalidak Island, Alaska, after breaking loose from the anchor handling tug ...
The Government of Bangladesh created the 201-member "Comrade Jyoti Basu Nagarik Sangsad" in the name of Basu, featuring Chief Justice of Bangladesh Supreme Court Muhammad Habibur Rahman as Convener. [220] [221] A research institute has been named after Jyoti Basu named "Jyoti Basu Centre of Social Studies and Research" in Newtown, West Bengal ...