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Fifth Anniversary of the Tsunami

YouTube embed: 15 Dec 2009 14:00 Africa/Lagos Launch of Multimedia Documentary Marking the Fifth Anniversary of the Tsunami - Inspiring documentary featuring interviews with extraordinary survivors - Reuters photography and film of the Tsunami's aftermath - Fully interactive, online multimedia presentation LONDON, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomson Reuters Foundation and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) today announced the launch of a new multimedia web documentary -- "Surviving the Tsunami: Stories of Hope" -- produced jointly to mark the fifth anniversary of the worst natural disaster in living memory, the Indian Ocean Tsunami. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090507/NY12658LOGO ) Combining powerful imagery by award-winning Reuters photojournalists with eyewitness testimony and interactive graphics, the documentary reveals the strength of the human spirit in the face of catastrophe. These are stories of compassion,