http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=2&u=/ap/20041228/ap_on_re_as/quake_celebritiesCelebrities Among Victims of Tsunami
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By ROB KENNEDY, Associated Press Writer
BANGKOK, Thailand - A German statesman, a Czech supermodel and a Swedish Olympic ski champion were among the vacationers whose search for peace and sun in tropical southern Asia was shattered by the tsunamis that spared neither rich nor poor.
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Petra Nemcova — who appeared on the cover of 2003 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue — was carried away with her boyfriend, the fashion photographer Simon Atlee, after a huge wave plowed into southern Thailand on Sunday.
Nemcova's New York spokesman, Rob Shuter, said the model and her boyfriend had been vacationing in the resort of Phuket when waves overwhelmed their beach hut.
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Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl was on holiday in Sri Lanka's pristine south — one of the areas most devastated by tsunamis.
Kohl and his entourage were evacuated Tuesday from a hotel by the Sri Lankan air force.
WOW Kohl was vacationing there WHOAH!!!