Bureaucratic battle over those missing after tsunami

Sunday, January 23, 2005

VAILANKANNI, India -- Six members of Melvin Antony's family were washed away when killer waves struck this town, though only one body was found. After weeks of hoping against hope, Anthony has come to accept that all are dead. But he has yet to convince India's bureaucrats.

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