Colombia volcano erupts
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A volcano erupted violently in southwestern Colombia Thursday, spewing ash miles into the sky and prompting the evacuation of several thousand people living nearby.
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Tens of thousands of Colombians took to the streets across the country and overseas on Monday in a massive protest against FARC guerrillas and their kidnapping of hostages held for years in hidden jungle camps.
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A volcanic eruption on the Papua New Guinea island of New Britain on Saturday caused panicked residents to flee homes and sent ash plumes 18 kilometres into the air.
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Authorities suspect a new threat is lurking in the mountains and jungles of Colombia: Not a new rebel cadre, but altered coca plants that are bigger, faster-growing and produce more of the compound that gives cocaine its kick.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - Flooding and mudslides innortheastern Colombia killed at least 24 people and forced morethan 30,000 from their homes, authorities said on Sunday.
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Flooding and mudslides in northeastern Colombia killed at least 24 people and forced more than 30,000 from their homes, authorities said on Sunday.
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COLOMBIA: In eight thunderous explosions, Colombia blew up its remaining 6,800 stockpiled land mines, winning the praise of Jordanâs visiting Queen Noor who said the move took courage given that the nation is still fighting an internal conflict.
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Mount St Helens volcano in Washington state spews ash and steam thousands of feet into the sky.
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Mount St. Helens, the volcano that blew its top with cataclysmic force in 1980, erupted for the first time in 18 years Friday, belching a huge column of white steam and ash after days of rumblings under the mountain.
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Geologists are warning that the Mount St. Helens volcano in the northwestern US state of Washington could erupt in the next few days.
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A series of explosions ripped through an army base in the Colombian city of Medellin on Saturday, killing at least two people and forcing nearby residents to flee.
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BOGOTA -- Colombia's armed forces blew up 6,800 stockpiled land mines yesterday as President Alvaro Uribe, Queen Noor of Jordan, and dozens of mine blast victims watched on large screens, launching an effort aimed at ridding the country of the weapons.
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The US cites record coca-crop destruction, and major arrests in Colombia. But cocaine flows north unabated.
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Scientists are warning an eruption of Mount St. Helens could occur within the next 24-hours. Less than a day after the Washington State volcano spewed a cloud of steam, a small volcanic tremor shook the Mountain
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Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano shot columns of ash miles into the air on Wednesday, as officials ordered the evacuation of 3,000 villagers living near its slopes.
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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 volcano in northern Tanzania erupted on Friday, spewing small amounts of smoke and lava, the government spokesman said.