Tsunami toll crosses 1,50,000, Indonesia battles

The United Nation says the number of people killed by the tsunami is nearing 1,50,000 and the exact figures may never be known. "The vast majority of those are in Indonesia and Aceh, which is the least assessed area because of logistical constraints," said UN emergency relief coordinator Jan Egeland."We will never, ever have the absolute, definite figure because there are many nameless fishermen and villages that have just gone, and we have no chance of finding out how many they were," he added. The world body said $1.2 billion has been pledged in aid so far for the nearly five million survivors.