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Byline: Anton Foek, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
SIDOARJO, Indonesia - To Indonesia's recent natural disasters tsunamis, volcano eruptions and the earthquakes add a man-made one: the mud volcano eruption of Sidoarjo.
On May 29, two days after an earthquake wrecked Indonesia's cultural capital, Yogyakarta, villagers in Sidoarjo, 200 miles away, were overwhelmed by the smell of rotten eggs.
Soon after, a geyser of toxic gas, superheated water and mud began boiling out of a natural gas exploration hole. Pouring out at a rate of about 3.5 million cubic feet a day, the sludge eventually covered 12 villages, 15 factories and miles of rice fields.
The mud, which continues to pour out at an accelerating rate, has left 13...
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