A look back at the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
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CAR NICOBAR, INDIA: (FILES) In this file picture taken 29 December 2004, Indian soldiers walk towards the tsunami-hit air traffic control tower at Car Nicobar island Indian airforce base. India was set to end 24 November 2005, massive miltary exercises at its rebuilt military base in the Indian Ocean which was flattened by last year's tsunamis. The wargames, at the Car Nicobar island airbase, which is forbidden to civilians, involved a battalion-sized (1,000 men) combat force ferried on board warships across 900 kilometres (560 miles) from mainland India to check the operational status of the base, military officials said. AFP PHOTO/DESHAKALYAN CHOWDHURY (Photo credit should read DESHAKALYAN CHOWDHURY/AFP/Getty Images)
