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By P. S. Suryanarayana
SINGAPORE, FEB. 19. The Australian Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, today alerted the international community to the "new intelligence information" about the "possible terrorist threats" to the security of the aid workers currently engaged in tsunami relief efforts in Aceh and some other parts of northern Sumatra in Indonesia. Mr. Downer's explicit warning, specific as regards security concerns but short on the possible sources of the actual "terrorist threats," acquired additional importance, even as two former U.S. Presidents, George Bush and Bill Clinton, began a high-profile tour of some of the tsunami-hit areas in southeast Asia.
Tremor in Sulawesi
The news of a high-intensity undersea earthquake off Indonesia's Sulawesi area earlier in the day also added to the grimness of Australia's warning. Until nightfall, there were no reports of any deaths and other casualties or serious damage as a result of the new quake, measured at over 6 on the Richter scale. Panic over the fear of a follow-up tsunami gripped parts of the Sulawesi region, according to independent reports from the area. Mr. Downer advised the tsunami relief workers from Australia to keep off Aceh and the adjacent areas of northern Sumatra. Today's visit to a few tsunami-swept seaside villages and resorts in Thailand by the former U.S. Presidents, George Bush and Bill Clinton, attracted international attention. While Mr. Bush spoke of how the tsunami of December 26, 2004, had stirred the conscience of the American public, Mr. Clinton sought to turn the focus on the basic of relief and rehabilitation. With the U.S. President, George W. Bush, likely to firm up further tsunami-related measures in the context of the current tour by his father and Mr. Clinton, tried to keep the spotlight on the humanitarian aspects of the crisis-management.
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