Thousands flee Colombian volcano
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A volcano erupts in southern Colombia, prompting the evacuation of 8,000 residents of a nearby city.
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Three Irishmen convicted of training rebels in Colombia have fled the country, its attorney general tells Reuters.
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Much of Colombia came to a standstill on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of protesters marched against leftist rebels accused last week of killing 11 provincial lawmakers they were holding hostage.
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Hundreds of families fled in panic  Saturday when flames leapt into the sky at a gas field in  northeastern Bangladesh where experts were conducting new  tests, officials and witnesses said.
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Hundreds of thousands of Colombians headed for the streets on Thursday to show outrage at last week's news that 11 provincial politicians had been killed while held hostage by leftist rebels.
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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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A volcano erupts in southern Chile, leading to 150 people being evacuated from the vicinity.
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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.
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More than 8,000 villagers are evacuated from the slopes of a volcano erupting in east Indonesia.
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Hundreds of families fled in panic Saturday when flames leapt into the sky at a gas field in northeastern Bangladesh where experts were conducting new tests, officials and witnesses said.
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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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Noxious fumes from a chemical dumped into a Phillipine creek sent at least 31 people to a hospital Tuesday and forced at least 4,000 to flee their homes, officials said.
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VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico  - Thousands of people fled a Mexican city on Friday after flood waters burst through sandbag barriers in a disaster that left 800,000 people homeless and most of the state of Tabasco under water.
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A reawakening volcano sparked a makeshift festival here Sunday, as thousands of people staged parties at every wide spot in the two-lane road to the mountain.
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Fire officials have evacuated hundreds of people from their homes as wildfires raged through Northern California and Montana.
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Chilean military vehicles were en route on Wednesday to rescue 53 people trapped in a wilderness park after one of the country's largest volcanoes erupted, spewing ash and molten lava.
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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.