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Tsunami alert network to link up 27 countries

July 05, 2005

Paris - A UN oceans commission agreed yestersday to work with 27 countries on a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean, with a network of deep-sea sensors and broadcast alerts to prevent a repeat of the disaster in December.

Unesco's oceanographic commission said the network was expected to start running in a year's time.

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