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• Sicily's Mount Etna erupts, no danger to residents

  Published: September 6, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Volcanic Eruption, Italy

  An eruption on Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe, has ended after spewing out lava in its latest spectacular eruption yesterday.

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• Global warming to trigger volcanic eruptions, scientists warn

  Published: September 14, 2007, 1:00 am

  Tags: Earthquake, Tidal Wave, Volcanic Eruption, Environment, Climate Change, United Kingdom

  British scientists are warning of another possible side effect of climate change: a surge of dangerous volcanic eruptions.

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• Climber critical after volcano blows

  Published: September 25, 2007, 5:32 pm

  Tags: Disasters Accidents, Volcanic Eruption, New Zealand

  Doctors in New Zealand are working to save the legs of a climber who was hit by rocks and debris after North Island volcano Mount Ruapehu suddenly erupted last night.

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• Java on alert as volcano risk escalates

  Published: September 30, 2007, 2:18 am

  Tags: Disasters Accidents, Emergency Planning, Volcanic Eruption, Indonesia

  Indonesian scientists stepped up the alert level for a volcano in East Java and told people to stay away from the crater amid fears it is building up to an eruption.

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• 9 feared killed in Red Sea volcano eruption

  Published: October 1, 2007, 4:03 am

  Tags: Disasters Accidents, Volcanic Eruption, Yemen

  There has been a large volcanic eruption on an island off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea.

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• Six Yemeni soldiers killed in volcanic eruption

  Published: October 1, 2007, 4:24 pm

  Tags: Disasters Accidents, Volcanic Eruption, Yemen

  A volcano erupted on a Red Sea island, burning to death six Yemeni soldiers and sparking a major rescue operation for their comrades on the garrison island, the military said.

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• Indonesians urged to evacuate from volcano surrounds

  Published: October 19, 2007, 7:03 am

  Tags: Disasters Accidents, Emergency Planning, Volcanic Eruption, Indonesia

  Hundreds of international aid workers are preparing for a major emergency operation in case the Mount Kelud volcano explodes on the densely populated Indonesian island of Java.

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• Indonesian volcano erupts on North Sulawesi

  Published: October 25, 2007, 7:25 am

  Tags: Disasters Accidents, Volcanic Eruption, Indonesia, Sulawesi

  A volcano on Indonesia's Sulawesi island has erupted, sending ash raining down on at least one village and spewing smoke about 1,500 metres into the air, an official said.

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• Indonesia says 3 volcanos close to erupting

  Published: October 27, 2007, 8:19 am

  Tags: Disasters Accidents, Emergency Planning, Volcanic Eruption, Indonesia

  Three volcanos in Indonesia, including the one known as the "Child of Krakatau", are now under close watch following heightened activity, a senior volcano official says.

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• Indonesian volcano eruption a false alarm

  Published: November 3, 2007, 3:22 pm

  Tags: Disasters And Accidents, Volcanic Eruption, Indonesia

  Indonesia's volcano centre said Mount Kelud in East Java has not erupted, despite earlier reports to the contrary.

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• Thousands return home as Indonesian volcano alert downgraded

  Published: November 8, 2007, 4:10 am

  Tags: Disasters And Accidents, Volcanic Eruption, Indonesia

  Thousands of Indonesians living around the slopes of a steaming volcano have begun returning home after authorities downgraded a warning that it was about to erupt, officials said.

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• Tortoises may be airlifted from volcano danger zone

  Published: May 30, 2008, 9:27 pm

  Tags: Emergency Incidents, Volcanic Eruption, Conservation, Animals, Ecuador

  Officials in the Galapagos islands say they may have to airlift 100-year-old tortoises away from a volcano which is spewing molten lava.

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• Volcano erupts in Indonesia

  Published: June 6, 2008, 5:36 pm

  Tags: Disasters And Accidents, Volcanic Eruption, Indonesia

  A volcano has erupted on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island, spewing smoke and sending heat clouds of debris down its slopes, a volcanologist said.

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• Southern Chile volcano erupts with renewed strength

  Published: June 13, 2008, 9:34 pm

  Tags: Disasters And Accidents, Volcanic Eruption, Chile

  The Chaiten volcano in southern Chile has erupted with renewed strength, belching thick clouds of ash and hurling molten rocks into the air, regional authorities said.

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