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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. AP Photo   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...

Richard Attenborough, who was honored for his helming and production of the 1982 Oscar best picture “Gandhi” but was best known to American audiences for his role in Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” and its first sequel as park creator John Hammond, died on Sunday, his son tells BBC News. He was 90.

"The 14-year-old granddaughter of film director Lord Attenborough has died in the Asian tsunami disaster. The dead girl, Lucy, was in the Thai resort of Phuket with her 17-year-old sister Alice, brother Sam, her mother Jane, father Michael and her mother-in-law Jane Holland. Missing are Lord Attenborough's daughter Jane and her mother-in-law. A statement issued on behalf of the grieving star, who directed Gandhi and acted in Jurassic Park, said he believes they are dead too. But his son-in-law Michael and grandson Sam survived the horror unscathed, and his other granddaughter Alice is in hospital being treated for her injuries....