http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F3BC6A74-387D-4216-8B24-189EF56309CF.htmIndonesian 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. After dropping the first set of concrete balls, workers temporarily halted work on Monday to wait for a sensor....2007-02-27T08:37+0100aljazeera-enenaljazeera-en-1356f3a8efc77fb0251163e967f9cc60NaturalDisastersEnergyManMadeDisastershttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/96575820/index.htmlSURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesian engineers successfully dropped several large concrete balls into a fissure on Monday to try to stem a gushing mud eruption that has engulfed hundreds of homes and displaced 11,000 people. Over the next few weeks, authorities plan to drop nearly 1,500 balls,....2007-02-27T04:43+0100cnnencnn-10e618b2e67e143f56ada4b51828b3feNaturalDisastersEnergyhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070227/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_mud_volcano;_ylt=Ahkv_nMG2X6usja6t_2EKWSs0NUEOver the next few weeks, authorities plan to drop nearly 1,500 balls, each weighing up to 88 pounds, into the crater that started spewing mud at a gas drilling field on Java island nine months ago. 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.2007-02-27T04:02+0100news-yahooennews-yahoo-9ffdf189990e36f8a8478b507a0e352bNaturalDisastersEnergyhttp://english.people.com.cn/200702/27/eng20070227_352629.htmlDonor 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.2007-02-27T02:01+0100peopledailyenpeopledaily-61c795fb37dd28f052677700b770ffb5NaturalDisastershttp://www.news24.com/News24/On_this_day/On_this_day/0,9294,2-1602-1492_2072225,00.htmlToday is Monday, February 26, the 57th day of 2007. There are 308 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1531 - Earthquake in Portugal kills tens of thousands of people and flattens much of Lisbon and other cities. 1623 - Dutch massacre English colonists at Amboyna, Indonesia.2007-02-26T17:08+0100africaFMenafricaFM-8c6224f24be4baa33ec5bf1ed63313a5JRCSafeguardsConflictTREN-SecurityOHIMNuclearIran-NuclearReprocessinghttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK65603.htmBy Heri Retnowati SIDOARJO, Indonesia, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Indonesian engineers on Monday dropped four clusters of chained concrete balls into a mud volcano in an attempt to reduce the torrent of sludge that has displaced about 15,000 people, a scientist said.2007-02-26T13:06+0100alertnetenalertnet-82f21c27e2a5f9f8940150b925aeb251EnergyManMadeDisastershttp://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6YS96Z?OpenDocumentSlamet Susanto , The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said Saturdya that the government had approved third stage funds amounting to Rp 2.74 trillion (US$288.82 million) for the reconstruction of houses and other buildings damaged in Yogyakarta and Central Java by the May 27 earthquake last year.2007-02-26T10:42+0100reliefWebenreliefWeb-239fa33513c5d124a2603bb9cefb5632TAXUDhttp://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/TKAE-6YS3GH?OpenDocumentFlooding in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta this month caused as many as 85 deaths and forced at least 470,000 people to flee their homes. Flood-affected families are at risk of contracting various ailments, including diarrhea, respiratory infections, typhoid, and other bacterial-borne illnesses.2007-02-26T04:43+0100reliefWebenreliefWeb-e5f0577b414c618662d48bb6610b3760NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseaseOutbreaksFloodinghttp://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/BE5EF1A2-5B9A-4329-ACC9-7054CB62AD2F.htmOver the past few months a creeping sea of sediment has covered factories, thousand of homes, displaced at least 13 thousand people and blocked major roads into Indonesia's second largest city. The advancing, noxious mud led to protests by those made homeless, all demanding that the government take action.2007-02-25T10:26+0100aljazeera-enenaljazeera-en-220ce0ad38a9cbaf0277455172f28066EnergyManMadeDisastershttp://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2902167&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312Indonesian Engineers Drop First Series of Concrete Balls Into Gushing Mud Volcano2007-02-25T06:28+0100ABCnewsenABCnews-30b2d70cdadd51c91514058efcb28c71ManMadeDisastershttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070225/ap_on_sc/indonesia_mud_volcano;_ylt=AnIXWDOoMElBdbrcXmrNZBCs0NUEThe hot, noxious mud has displaced 13,000 people and covered dozens of factories and thousands of homes. The mud has blocked major roads into the country's second largest city, Surabaya. Over the next few weeks, authorities plan to drop nearly 1,500 concrete balls, weighing up to 500 pounds each, into the geyser.2007-02-25T06:22+0100news-yahooennews-yahoo-92616eb5846d64a40cb1087330e05c8eManMadeDisastershttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/95527195/index.htmlSURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesian engineers were forced to abandon an attempt to plug a gushing mud volcano by dropping cement balls into its crater on Saturday when a steel cable hoisting the balls broke, officials said. Over the next few weeks, authorities plan to drop nearly 1,500 concrete....2007-02-25T03:12+0100cnnencnn-f6903c18cbea0a21493b17511d593964EnergyManMadeDisastershttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6392995.stmIndonesian engineers lower the first of a series of concrete balls into a mud volcano to try and plug an eruption.2007-02-24T15:50+0100bbcenbbc-acea735c7e3b62efd0a787b7b9271303NaturalDisastersEnergyManMadeDisastershttp://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-02-24-indonesia_x.htm?csp=34Indonesian engineers were forced to abandon an attempt to plug a gushing mud volcano by dropping cement balls into its crater ...2007-02-24T14:07+0100usaTodayenusaToday-12e6520574f3178b07f7140e39703955EnergyManMadeDisastershttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/24/asia/AS-GEN-Indonesia-Mud-Volcano.phpSURABAYA, Indonesia: Indonesian engineers were forced to abandon an attempt to plug a gushing mud volcano by dropping cement balls into its crater on Saturday when a steel cable hoisting the balls broke, officials said. Over the next few weeks, authorities plan to drop nearly 1,500 concrete balls,....2007-02-24T13:17+0100IHTenIHT-b0ee20c43bb1bd8d4f4e30f3c61da627EnergyManMadeDisastershttp://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200702240157.htmlWhen it comes to teaching the bare essentials of disaster survival, Ikki Kato is better suited than most. The 20-year-old sophomore, who studies civil and environmental engineering at Tokyo's Waseda University, has spent hours dressed as a furry, four-legged beast while teaching schoolchildren how....2007-02-24T03:18+0100asahienasahi-07edbca71850f941ab5ae764c85d9b0cNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastershttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/94688690/index.htmlSURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) -- An Indonesian official hit back at critics of a plan to control a gushing mud volcano by dropping concrete balls into its crater, saying something must be done to stop a nine-month-long eruption that has displaced 11,000 people.2007-02-23T13:49+0100cnnencnn-f9ba7606fe2962df16ddd510eed1508fNaturalDisastersEnergyManMadeDisastershttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/94688690/index.htmlSURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) -- An Indonesian official hit back at critics of a plan to control a gushing mud volcano by dropping concrete balls into its crater, saying something must be done to stop a nine-month-long eruption that has displaced 11,000 people.2007-02-23T11:19+0100cnnencnn-103df5884b601040f0740d4004f50041NaturalDisastersEnergyManMadeDisastershttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17285708/Indonesian authorities will drop hundreds of giant concrete balls into a fissure Friday to try to stem a gushing mud eruption that has inundated villages and factories, an official said.2007-02-23T11:12+0100msnbcenmsnbc-ce0d30f7a5de7422f1b195323849e3e2TREN-SecurityNaturalDisastersEnergyManMadeDisastershttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/23/asia/AS-GEN-Indonesia-Mud-Volcano.phpSURABAYA, Indonesia: An Indonesian official hit back at critics of a plan to control a gushing mud volcano by dropping concrete balls into its crater, saying something must be done to stop a nine-month-long eruption that has displaced 11,000 people. A team of geologists and engineers hope the plan,....2007-02-23T10:14+0100IHTenIHT-56bb860705ed76280c28f999af33fe68NaturalDisastersEnergyManMadeDisastershttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070223/ap_on_re_as/indonesia_ferry_fire;_ylt=AmA_x5hvzHrvDuZTP.AjNSSs0NUEInvestigators said chemicals appear to have fueled the flames. More than a dozen people were missing one day after the accident, said navy spokesman Lt. Col. Hendra Pakan, though with passenger manifests in the archaeologic nation often incomplete the number could be higher.2007-02-23T09:27+0100news-yahooennews-yahoo-88934d1216e43d64c84d321b1ac868c3mahbManMadeDisastersMaritimeSafetyWorldFloodinghttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/23/asia/AS-GEN-Indonesia-Ferry-Fire.phpJAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesian naval ships scoured the Java Sea on Friday for survivors of a ferry that caught fire, killing at least 16 people and forcing terrified passengers to jump overboard, some clutching young babies. Investigators said chemicals appeared to have fueled the flames.2007-02-23T08:14+0100IHTenIHT-d3da6f76d61e8e9f3cc1d2aab7f2b671mahbManMadeDisastersMaritimeSafetyWorldFloodinghttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/23/asia/AS-GEN-Indonesia-Mud-Volcano.phpSURABAYA, Indonesia: An Indonesian official hit back at critics of a plan to control a gushing mud volcano by dropping concrete balls into its crater, saying something has to be done to stop a nine-month-long eruption that has displaced 11,000 people. A team of geologists and engineers planned to....2007-02-23T07:13+0100IHTenIHT-cec9bc6f2f00af0040d316f56a510d91NaturalDisastersEnergyManMadeDisastershttp://www.guardian.co.uk/indonesia/Story/0,,2019539,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12Scientists in Indonesia are to start dropping huge concrete balls chained together into the mouth of a mud volcano today in a desperate attempt to staunch a relentless flow that has wiped out villages, factories and vast tracts of farmland. The operation to lower 2,000 of the balls, chained together....2007-02-23T03:52+0100guardianenguardian-ffa6be78a24f646a30718a874072ae4cEnergyManMadeDisastershttp://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2895918&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312SURABAYA, Indonesia Feb 22, 2007 (AP) — Indonesian authorities will drop hundreds of giant concrete balls into a fissure Friday to try to stem a gushing mud eruption that has inundated villages and factories, an official said. The hot, noxious mud enough to fill 50 Olympic-sized swimming pools has....2007-02-22T22:23+0100ABCnewsenABCnews-b5c89df27f696a4a0d5b1c6048b87e72TREN-SecurityNaturalDisastersEnergyManMadeDisastershttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070222/ap_on_sc/indonesia_mud_volcano;_ylt=Ann2lOsZgFEJ7hidbs4sMKes0NUESURABAYA, Indonesia - Indonesian authorities will drop hundreds of giant concrete balls into a fissure Friday to try to stem a gushing mud eruption that has inundated villages and factories, an official said. The hot, noxious mud — enough to fill 50 Olympic-sized swimming pools — has flowed from the....2007-02-22T20:27+0100news-yahooennews-yahoo-63f562ba03fac782590ce56c40fbe9aaTREN-SecurityNaturalDisastersEnergyManMadeDisastershttp://www.guardian.co.uk/indonesia/Story/0,,2019151,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12Scientists will drop huge concrete balls into mouth of volcano in effort to staunch relentless flow.2007-02-22T18:50+0100guardianenguardian-8e1fb70c10cf70dd8f7afa15a4343790NaturalDisastersEnergyManMadeDisastershttp://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/22/asia/AS-GEN-Indonesia-Mud-Volcano.phpSURABAYA, Indonesia: Indonesian authorities will try to stem a gushing mud eruption Friday that has inundated villages and factories by dropping hundreds of giant concrete balls into a gouge in the earth, an official said. Around a million oil drums of hot, noxious mud — equal to about 50 Olympic....2007-02-22T16:08+0100IHTenIHT-3ef794a5586c03deb53e1d62943fe979NaturalDisastersEnergyManMadeDisastershttp://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-6YNK4R?OpenDocumentAAI Watsan Program in Central Java achieves all major milestones! AAI has now achieved all of its major goals in its Water & Sanitation program in Central Java including the cleaning of 1000 wells, deepening 62 wells, constructing 40 sample septic systems, delivering 460 septic system kits,....2007-02-22T16:03+0100reliefWebenreliefWeb-68ee3839a8c5f02ef711caadd06cb977NaturalDisastersPublicHealthUNbodiesEnvironmenthttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7543055&ft=1&f=1001After five years, James Morris is leaving his post as head of the U.N.'s World Food Program. He says he will remain haunted by the knowledge that 400 million children are living in hunger. He says it's a problem that the world should be able to resolve.2007-02-22T15:38+0100NPRnewsenNPRnews-d9f6e4aeda5c2ac95bbb2cf7d249a170ExternalAffairsEchoFoodSecurityFoodAidNaturalDisastersAgricultureHorizontalMattershttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/22/worldupdates/2007-02-22T171632Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-288802-1&sec=WorldupdatesSIDOARJO, Indonesia (Reuters) - More than 1,000 Indonesians displaced by a mud volcano on Java island blocked a main road and a railway on Thursday to demand cash compensation for their submerged homes.2007-02-22T13:55+0100thestarenthestar-f92dda951c60a03cb2c366deedcc1aaaTREN-SecurityNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastersAgriculturalProdCropsFeedFibrehttp://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/2/21/worldupdates/2007-02-21T101520Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-288541-1&sec=WorldupdatesJAKARTA (Reuters) - An earthquake struck off the Moluccas islands in eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, sparking panic among residents, although an official at the country's meteorology agency ruled out the risk of a tsunami.2007-02-21T06:48+0100thestarenthestar-5a5ab230716d2588258019b522b5fec4NaturalDisastershttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK38370.htm(Updates with no tsunami warning, panic, displaced people) JAKARTA, Feb 21 (Reuters) - An earthquake struck off the Moluccas islands in eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, sparking panic among residents, although an official at the country's meteorology agency ruled out the risk of a tsunami.2007-02-21T05:24+0100alertnetenalertnet-d562464c83f4921b22b033f46d97de3bNaturalDisastershttp://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/JAK24744.htmJAKARTA, Feb 21 (Reuters) - An earthquake struck off the Moluccas islands in the eastern part of Indonesia on Wednesday, the country's meteorology agency said, although there was no immediate report of a tsunami warning or casualties. Indonesia's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency put the quake at 6.2007-02-21T04:25+0100alertnetenalertnet-7a82636f086f01e0af12614a07a40605NaturalDisastershttp://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/02/20/tech-mud.html?ref=rssIndonesia will drop clusters of concrete balls into the mouth of a "mud volcano" in an effort to stop a mud flow that has swallowed villages and left more than 10,000 people homeless since it erupted eight months ago.2007-02-20T22:13+0100CBCenCBC-ef38ae0b1709a847c20fa318640fd3c5EnergyNaturalDisastersManMadeDisastershttp://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Feb/20/br/br2387059614.htmlUpdated at 7:35 a.m., Tuesday, February 20, 2007 No tsunami threat for Isles after 6.8 quake in Indonesia Advertiser Staff A 6.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked the Southern Molucca Sea today is not expected to generate a tsunami threat for Hawai'i, according to a news release from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.2007-02-20T19:06+0100HonululuAdvetrtiserenHonululuAdvetrtiser-472d29e2a49177a54565dfc52830dcceNaturalDisastershttp://www.dominicantoday.com/app/article.aspx?id=22589Bangkok.– A powerful earthquake in northeastern Indonesia on Tuesday caused panicked residents to flee shaking buildings on islands in the Maluku Sea and briefly triggered a tsunami warning, officials said.2007-02-20T17:37+0100dominicantodayendominicantoday-a229837eace13b20e7bdcabfab673d18NaturalDisastershttp://www.topix.net/content/reuters/1590720498372667814131344149224288574272JAKARTA - Indonesia issued a tsunami warning on Tuesday after a strong earthquake struck off the Moluccas islands in the country's east, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.The magnitude ... Comment2007-02-20T14:45+0100topixentopix-28394a66ee73cf3054a0634236b7c2bdNaturalDisastershttp://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2888565&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312By GRACE WAKARY MANADO, Indonesia Feb 20, 2007 (AP) — A powerful earthquake in northeastern Indonesia on Tuesday caused panicked residents to flee shaking buildings on islands in the Maluku Sea and briefly triggered a tsunami warning, officials said. The 6.2007-02-20T14:35+0100ABCnewsenABCnews-6d96f6e08a2613f501938c9c67a70113NaturalDisasters