Canadian Premier tours Thailand<\/p>\n
THAILAND: Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin lit candles at the
\nsite of a Buddhist temple leveled by Asia's tsunami in the Thai
\nresort of Phuket to honor victims of the disaster on Sunday.<\/p>\n
He also toured the area and met with officials to learn more
\nabout what his country can do to help Thailand recover.<\/p>\n
Martin, at the start of an Asian tour that also will take him
\nto tsunami victims Sri Lanka and India, met with Canadian and
\nThai volunteers at Phuket City Hall, a central point for people
\nlooking for loved ones that contains photos of many of the 3,000
\npeople who remain missing in Thailand after the Dec. 26
\ncatastrophe.<\/p>\n
The prime minister appeared to become emotional while looking
\nat the photos, his eyes welling with tears. He and his wife,
\nSheila Martin, stopped at one photo of two Canadian-Chinese
\npeople who had been staying at a hotel in the devastated resort
\nof Khao Lak to the north.<\/p>\n
Martin asked if the pair was still missing, and officials said
\nthey were. Asked for his reaction to the photo collection, he
\nsaid: \"It very much brings the disaster home.\"<\/p>\n
Six Canadians were killed and about 300 remain unaccounted for
\nfrom the tragedy, which took more than 162,000 lives in nearly a
\ndozen countries. -- AFP<\/p>",
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