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COPYRIGHT 2005 Asia Pulse Pty Ltd
CANBERRA, March 31 Asia Pulse - Fears are held for seven Australians still unaccounted for a day after a massive earthquake shook Indonesian islands famed for their surfing breaks.
Australia has increased its emergency aid to Indonesia, sending a third RAAF plane packed with supplies to the earthquake-ravaged island of Nias.
About 13 Australians, mostly surfers, are thought to have been in the region when the quake struck early yesterday morning, shaking three islands off the west coast of Sumatra, including Nias.
Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said a small group of Australian consular officials had reached the earthquake affected area and...
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