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Urgent: Soputan volcano in eastern Indonesia erupts

Xinhua, March 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Mount Soputan in North Sulawesi province of eastern Indonesia erupted on Saturday, spewing a column of ash into the sky, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, told Xinhua via phone. Endi