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07-17-2006, 01:08 PM
JAKARTA: A tsunami hit the southern coast of Indonesia's Java island after a powerful offshore earthquake, Transport Minister Hatta Rajasa said tonight.

"There has been a tsunami hitting Pangandaran Beach but I don't how big," he told Jakarta-based Radio Elshinta. Pangandaran Beach is in West Java province.

One caller told Elshinta she had seen three bodies after a wave struck. It could not immediately be confirmed.

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