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Searchers today all but gave up hope of finding more survivors from last week's devastating tsunamis, as the death toll across nearly a dozen Asian and African nations neared 150,000.
Indonesia added another 14,000 people to the official count, while Sri Lanka, India and Thailand said they were preparing to give up on more than 15,000 still unaccounted for.
But even as the search for survivors gave way to clearing wreckage, the Indian army today reported that four Indonesians had turned up alive near a remote Indian Ocean island after drifting for more than a week in a small motor boat. A military spokesman said the Indian coastguard was bringing the men to Port Blair, capital of the hard-hit Andaman and Nicobar islands.
The independent Indian television station Aaj Tak reported that the four men could barely speak and would only say "Indonesia" when asked their names.
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