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POPSIn Indonesia, life plays out in the shadow of fiery peaks "Death by volcano takes many forms: searing lava, suffocating mud, or the tsunamis that often follow an eruption. In 1883, Mount Krakatau (often misspelled as Krakatoa), located off Java's coast, triggered a tsunami that claimed more than 36,000 lives. The name became a metaphor for a catastrophic natural disaster."
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POPSAcid seas may kill coral reefs in 50 years Coral are sensitive to the acidity of the water, and this is compounded by sensitivity to temperature and light. Coral generally spawn en masse, on one particular moonlit night a year. Another thing that is significant is the number of species that are found only in live coral reefs will likely go the same way as the coral
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POPSNuclear reactor plan on shaky ground Indonesia shouldn't be able to get the uranium from Australia. Therefore, Russia will happily put the area in danger. Then the Indonesians will become a threat and have to be invaded (because they will have invaded East Timor for the oil.
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POPSBali Bali is an Indonesian island located at 8°25′23″S, 115°14′55″E, the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. It is one of the country's 33 provinces with the provincial capital at Denpasar towards the south of the island. The island is home to the vast majority of Indonesia's small Hindu minority.
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POPSRescue drama on slopes of Merapi The fierce heat from the volcano's recent eruptions has melted shovels and the tyres of diggers as rescuers try to dig through two metres of rubble. The two men have been trapped in the bunker since Wednesday night, when they fled there to escape a burning cloud emitted by the simmering volcano.
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