Tsunami & tectonics

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European stocks dropped before reports on U.S. house prices and consumer confidence that may compound concern the recovery in the world’s largest economy is faltering. Asian shares and U.S. index futures fell.

MENDHAM —- Grace Lutheran Church is planning a “Rally Day” celebration at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 12 with a special outdoor service.

Villagers briefly returned home Tuesday to check their farms along the fertile slopes of an Indonesian volcano that erupted after laying dormant for more than four centuries — catching many scientists off-guard.

Villagers returned to their homes along the fertile slopes of an Indonesian volcano that spewed hot ash and smoke after laying dormant for more than four centuries -- an eruption that caught scientists off-guard.

Villagers returned to their homes today along the fertile slopes of an Indonesian volcano that spewed hot ash and smoke after lying dormant for more than four centuries - catching scientists off guard.

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Tens of thousands of people packed emergency shelters after a long-dormant volcano in western Indonesia spewed clouds of hot ash and smoke more than a mile (several kilometers) into the air — an eruption that caught scientists off-guard.

Indonesian volcano erupts after 400 years of quiet

MS Michelle Verville, a medical technician from 11 Field Ambulance, assesses a boy from Gam on Mare Island, North Maluku, Indonesia. A group of Canadian Forces health care providers are getting the experience of a lifetime providing health care to impoverished countries of Southeast Asia.

Needing cash not food, refugees in Pakistan's flood-ravaged northwest do not have to look far for buyers for their rations. Outside an aid warehouse, middlemen buy U.S.-branded oil, flour and biscuits and supply shops across the city. Pakistan - Asia - United States - Food - Refugee

30,000 People Flee as Mount Sinabung Spews Hot Ash Clouds a Mile Into the Air

An Indonesian volcano dormant for four centuries erupted for the second straight day Monday, shooting clouds of hot ash more than a mile into the air and forcing 30,000 people to flee.

Towering clouds of ash are being spewed out of Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra and thousands of villagers living on its slopes have been forced to head to emergency shelters.

An Indonesian volcano that had been dormant for more than four centuries has erupted for the second consecutive day, spewing out towering clouds of ash.

An Indonesian volcano that had been dormant for more than four centuries erupted for the second day in a row Monday, spewing out towering clouds of ash and forcing the evacuation of more than 21,000 people.

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