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Indonesia to relocate 3,000 families close to mud flow on Java island.

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| September 27, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Byline: CHRIS BRUMMITT

Indonesia will resettle more than 3,000 families whose houses have been swamped by mud surging from a gas exploration site and will dump the sludge into the sea to avoid more destruction, a minister said Wednesday.

The mud appeared after an accident occurred deep in a drilling shaft on the seismically charged island of Java. It now covers more than 270 hectares (665 acres) and is currently being contained by an ever-expanding network of dams that are breached almost daily.

Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto said efforts to cap the so-called mud volcano would continue until scientists concluded…

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