june 25, 2005 Six months after the Asian tsunami, a leading international charity says the poorest victims have benefited the least from the massive relief effort. [...] The tsunami in the Indian Ocean on 26 December killed at least 200'000 people in countries as far apart as Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Somalia....
The survey points to the marginalisation of dalits - outcasts in India - and specific problems in Sri Lanka where aid has gone to businesses and landowners rather than the landless.
This poverty gap is worst in Aceh, the Indonesian province which was the most badly affected area, already impoverished by conflict before the tsunami hit. [...]

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