Ocean-crossing tsunami lightly swipes Asian coasts

Sunday, February 28, 2010 | 11:03 a.m. CST; updated 2:42 p.m. CST, Sunday, February 28, 2010

TOKYO — A tsunami that raced across the Pacific swiped island nations and Asian coasts lightly Sunday, proving to be more spectacle than destructive force for communities that had hours to prepare after Chile's devastating earthquake.

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