<rss><channel><item><title>Balls dropped into Java mud volcano</title><link>http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F3BC6A74-387D-4216-8B24-189EF56309CF.htm</link><description>Indonesian engineers and geologists have dropped four clusters of chained concrete balls into a mud volcano in an attempt to reduce the mud flow that has displaced about 15,000 people. 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The team hopes the balls will gradually reduce the mud flow, which is surging out at a rate equivalent to about 1 million oil drums per day.</description><pubDate>2007-02-27T04:02+0100</pubDate><source>news-yahoo</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>news-yahoo-9ffdf189990e36f8a8478b507a0e352b</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>Energy</category></item><item><title>Donors to provide 100 mln US dollars fund to Aceh Indonesia</title><link>http://english.people.com.cn/200702/27/eng20070227_352629.html</link><description>Donor countries grouped in the Multi Donor Fund are to inject 100 million U.S. dollars funds for economic development in Indonesia's tsunami-hit province of Aceh, a World Bank official said.</description><pubDate>2007-02-27T02:01+0100</pubDate><source>peopledaily</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>peopledaily-61c795fb37dd28f052677700b770ffb5</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Monday, February 26</title><link>http://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,9294,2-1602-1492_2072225,00.html</link><description>Today is Monday, February 26, the 57th day of 2007. There are 308 days left in the year. 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The 6.</description><pubDate>2007-02-20T14:35+0100</pubDate><source>ABCnews</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>ABCnews-6d96f6e08a2613f501938c9c67a70113</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Tsunami alert creates panic in Indonesia</title><link>http://www.irishexaminer.com/breaking/story.asp?j=72906468&amp;p=7z9x67yz&amp;n=72906766&amp;x=</link><description>20/02/2007 - 10:01:42 AM Tsunami alert creates panic in Indonesia :: latest A powerful earthquake in north-eastern Indonesia today caused panic, shook buildings on islands in the Maluku Sea, and triggered a brief tsunami warning. 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The 6.5-magnitude quake struck 130 miles from Ternate, the capital of Maluku....</description><pubDate>2007-02-20T13:58+0100</pubDate><source>time</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>time-b877716b91b8e01038cd21c56d5f289b</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>New Indonesian tactic may not halt mud flow - scientist</title><link>http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/20/worldupdates/2007-02-20T170626Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-288469-1&amp;sec=Worldupdates</link><description>JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian plans to plug a mud volcano that has displaced more than 10,000 people by dropping clusters of concrete balls into it is unlikely to stop the flow, a Japanese scientist said on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>2007-02-20T13:27+0100</pubDate><source>thestar</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>thestar-5447e9d239b9a1dcc1a23fcea5b6ef74</guid><category>Energy</category><category>ResearchENV</category><category>NaturalDisasters</category><category>AgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibre</category><category>ManMadeDisasters</category></item><item><title>No tsunami generated from 6.8 quake in Indonesia</title><link>http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Feb/20/br/br2387059614.html</link><description>Posted at 1:14 a.m., Tuesday, February 20, 2007 No tsunami generated from 6.8 quake in Indonesia Advertiser Staff A 6.8 earthquake that rocked the Southern Molucca Sea on Tuesday is not expected to generate a tsunami threat for Hawai'i, according to a news release from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.</description><pubDate>2007-02-20T13:00+0100</pubDate><source>HonululuAdvetrtiser</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>HonululuAdvetrtiser-085bb9bbaf8d44323ec3c43c61b78a38</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Tsunami passes from Indonesia quake -agency</title><link>http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/20/worldupdates/2007-02-20T153952Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-288433-5&amp;sec=Worldupdates</link><description>JAKARTA (Reuters) - The threat of a tsunami from a strong earthquake that struck off Indonesia's eastern Moluccas islands on Tuesday has passed, Indonesia's meteorology agency said.</description><pubDate>2007-02-20T12:42+0100</pubDate><source>thestar</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>thestar-791a677dafe9486c918404cbdd22dfbf</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Tsunami alert lifted after quake</title><link>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21259864-1702,00.html</link><description>A STRONG 6.6 magnitude undersea earthquake rocked Indonesia's northern Maluku province today, the meteorology agency said, prompting initial fears of a tsunami. 8:55pm (AEDT)</description><pubDate>2007-02-20T12:39+0100</pubDate><source>NEWScomAU</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>NEWScomAU-fc4d6c9af12b3b5048c73ec7b78f7a3b</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Alarm as powerful earthquake hits Indonesia</title><link>http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article2287584.ece</link><description>Published: 20 February 2007 A powerful earthquake in north-eastern Indonesia today caused panic, shook buildings on islands in the Maluku Sea, and triggered a brief tsunami warning.</description><pubDate>2007-02-20T12:30+0100</pubDate><source>independent</source><iso:language xmlns:iso="http://www.iso.org/3166">en</iso:language><guid>independent-a963ea5a4a0c4a23ad7b1055a5b169cb</guid><category>NaturalDisasters</category></item><item><title>Tsunami passes from Indonesia quake -agency</title><link>http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK29205.htm</link><description>(Releads with tsunami threat over, adds quote) JAKARTA, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The threat of a tsunami from a strong earthquake that struck off Indonesia's eastern Moluccas islands on Tuesday has passed, Indonesia's meteorology agency said. 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