A look back at the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
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TO GO WITH Asia-tsunami-5years-SriLanka-aid-corruption,FOCUS by Mel Gunasekera (FILES) In this picture taken on December 31, 2004, a statue of The Virgin Mary stands amidst the debris at the beach front in the town of Mullaitivu some 425 kms north-east of Colombo. Ahead of the fifth anniversary of the disaster, which struck on December 26, 2004, Transparency International, a global watchdog on corruption, says that more than a billion dollars in aid from foreign donors remains unaccounted for. AFP PHOTO/INDRANIL MUKHERJEE (Photo credit should read INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/Getty Images)
