Thousands flee erupting volcano in Colombia
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A volcano erupted in southwestern Colombia on Thursday night, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of about 8,000 people.
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Thousands of people fled an avalanche of lava and molten rocks as a volcanic eruption in Ecuador's Andes mountains buried entire villages, leaving one person dead and 60 missing.
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Thousands of civilians were on Thursday fleeing clashes near the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo town of Goma between Rwandan Hutu rebels and unidentified opponents, a senior UN official told AFP.
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Thousands of people flee fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo amid fears of a humanitarian crisis.
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A volcano in southern Chile erupted on Tuesday, spewing lava and ash, and forcing the evacuation of about 150 people, officials said.
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SARDINATA, Colombia  - Explosions killed at least 30 workers in a Colombian coal mine in the northeastern province of Norte de Santander and another was feared dead, officials said on Sunday.
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Thousands of residents of coastal Sri Lanka, both in the south and east, began to flee inland again on Thursday, following the news that there were fresh tremors off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands further east.
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Thousands of people flee the path of a strengthened Hurricane John as it takes aim at north-west Mexico.
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Colombian police said on Tuesday they caught three men at a resort near Bogota with explosives and a photograph of a diplomatic vehicle a day after the U.S. Embassy warned its citizens away from the town due to a threat of guerrilla violence.
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CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 4 -- Millions of protesters fanned out across Colombia on Monday, expressing fury over guerrilla atrocities in a long civil conflict and demanding the liberation of hundreds of hostages held in clandestine jungle camps.
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A forest fire near the Mediterranean coastline in northeastern Spain forced the evacuation of thousands of people, officials said Wednesday.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Six people were hurt and two  hospitals evacuated after a strong earthquake shook a large  part of western Colombia on Monday, the government said.
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Tens of thousands of East Timorese fled their burning capital or sought refuge in churches, embassies and the airport on Sunday as gangs terrorized neighborhoods virtually at will. The United Nations evacuated hundreds of employees.
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Thousands of villagers were evacuated after a volcano on an island in eastern Indonesia started spewing lava and hot clouds, officials said Friday. There were no reports of casualties.
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Tens of thousands of people fled low-lying areas on Central America's Caribbean coast on Monday to escape the powerful winds and torrential rains of approaching Hurricane Felix.
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Authorities evacuated about 100 families from the slopes of a volcano in central Ecuador which began showering villages with flaming rocks and ash last month.
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Armed police forced tens of thousands of reluctant residents to leave the slopes of one of Indonesia's deadliest volcanos Friday, warning an eruption was imminent. The United Nations mobilized hundreds of aid workers and medical supplies to the area.