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U.S. soldiers secure the area after a car bomb attack in Baghdad today. (Hadi Mizban / AP)

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Cargo planes touched down with aid Wednesday, bearing everything from lentils to water purifiers to help survivors facing the threat of epidemic after this week's quake-tsunami catastrophe. The first Indonesian military teams reached the devastated west coast of Sumatra island, finding thousands of bodies and increasing the death toll across 12 nations to more than 76,700.

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