Activity increases at Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano

June 3, 2006 Merapi volcano

(AP) -- Worried villagers performed rituals aimed at warding off an eruption as activity increased at Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanos, with repeated bursts of red-hot lava, hot gases and ash, officials said Saturday.



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