exceeds 119,000 Jakarta, Feb 14, SPA -- Indonesia said Monday thatrecovery workers have pulled 582 more bodies from debrisleft after the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami that hit Acehprovince, bringing the death toll to 119,349. The missing tally dropped slightly from 114,922 to114,897, the National Disaster Relief Coordinating Boardsaid Monday. Most of those still unaccounted for are feareddead, but can't be legally declared so for a year. The agency said all but nine of the bodies recoveredSunday were in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh. Theremainder were found on the province's west coast. The country's death toll stood at 119,349 on Monday _including 119,221 bodies in Aceh and 128 from other partsof Sumatra Island.--SPA1256 Local Time 0956 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/239329
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