The news doesn't stop at Christmas

 by Martin Belam, 26 December 2004

Sadly the news doesn't go on holiday even when we are, and this morning the bbc.co.uk homepage is in Breaking News mode to reflect the terrible events in Asia where thousands of people have been killed in massive sea surges.

bbc.co.uk homepage reporting the news of a natural disaster in Asia

Natural disasters have no respect for our festive calender - it is two years to the day since the devastating earthquake at Bam in Iran.

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