Asia Up to five million people were displaced by tsunamis that killed nearly 119,000 people in Asia, officials said, as aftershocks rocked traumatised survivors. Asia Indonesia's tsunami nightmare continued with a death toll surpassing 79,000 on flattened coastlines as panic stirred lawlessness and vital aid slowly reached the sick and hungry. Asia Efforts to bring vital aid to Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged Aceh province cranked slowly into gear, but they remained severely hampered by transport problems as the death toll climbed relentlessly. Asia Sri Lanka appealed for more aid as it plodded on with the sickening task of burying bloated corpses in the struggle to prevent outbreaks of disease among its shattered population. Asia Tens of thousands of Indians fled in terror from coastal areas devastated by killer tsunamis after the authorities sounded a new alert which a minister later admitted had been ill-judged. Asia Thousands of monks prayed for the souls of almost 2,400 people -- including 710 foreign tourists -- confirmed killed in Thailand's tidal wave disaster and Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said most of the thousands more still missing should be considered dead. UN The World Bank will release 250 million dollars for the relief effort after the deadly south Asia tidal waves, the United Nations announced. Britain A surge in both private and government donations in wealthy nations brought to over 350 million dollars the funds raised or pledged for relief in Asian countries swept by tidal waves that killed at least 119,000 people. Belgium Europe's leaders are scrambling to respond to the Asian tsunami disaster, some of them cutting short holidays amid criticism that they were slow to react to a catastrophe that may have killed thousands of Europeans. Asia-quake-Sweden Sweden Half a world away from the carnage of the tidal waves in Asia, Scandinavians desperate for information about their loved ones gone missing while on holiday scoured the Internet for news amid reports that thousands of them may have perished. Germany Germans are donating millions of euros to help victims of the Asian tidal wave disaster while the nation grimly awaits news on more than 1,000 German tourists who are missing and presumed dead. Pakistan Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf formally told the nation that he would stay on as army chief after controversially breaking an earlier promise to hang up his uniform by the year's end. Saudi Saudi security forces have killed 10 suspected Al-Qaeda militants in two days of clashes in the capital which was rocked by twin car bombings that left two people dead and injured 100 more, reports said. Sudan Khartoum and the main southern rebel group agreed on the last issues in their lengthy peace talks in Kenya, paving the way to signing a comprehensive peace deal to end Africa's longest-running conflict. Switzerland The international Red Cross opened a special website to cope with an overwhelming number of donations from the general public for victims of the tidal waves in the Indian Ocean. Iraq Pitched battles between US troops and Iraqi insurgents in strife-torn Mosul left at least 26 dead including one US soldier as two Lebanese businessmen were kidnapped in Baghdad overnight. Sudan The Sudanese government and the main southern rebel group have agreed on the last issues, including a permanent ceasefire, that were standing in the way of a final peace agreement, mediators said. Syria Two of 22 defendants accused of involvement in a bomb attack and firefight in the Syrian capital in April were sentenced to death by the state security court, a lawyer said.