Clinton to visit India in December
	Tuesday, November 28, 2006 (United Nations):Former US President Bill Clinton will make his final visit to countries affected by the tsunami, including India. He will make the visit in early December in his role as the top UN envoy for the tsunami recovery effort. Clinton’s two-year appointment as Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special envoy ends on December 31. He will visit India, Thailand and Indonesia, three of the countries hardest-hit by the December 26, 2004, tsunami that killed over 216,000 people. Clinton's office said on Monday he will first travel to Cuddalore on December 1 to see a new housing complex constructed for fishermen whose homes were destroyed by the tsunami and a rehabilitated school. To visit cyclone shelter He will also visit a cyclone shelter with a newly installed early warning system and witness an early warning test and mock drill. On the morning of December 2, Clinton will be in Phuket where he will visit a small community of sea gypsies known as Moken whose members have begun to rebuild their livelihoods and housing through a community driven process. He will plant a mangrove tree in the village to officially launch the World Conservation Union's Mangroves for the Future Initiative. Clinton will then fly to Aceh, the hardest-hit region, where on the afternoon of December 2 he will visit temporary barracks built by the government for displaced people. It is a transitional shelter site run by the Australian Red Cross, and a recently completed permanent school and some permanent homes in a devastated community. (AP)