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Volcano eruption spurs evacuation in Ecuador

(Xinhua/Agencies)
Updated: 2010-05-30 15:19
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Volcano eruption spurs evacuation in Ecuador

Children wear masks to protect themselves from the ashes of the erupting Tungurahua volcano in Cotalo, some 170km south west from Ecuador's capital Quito, on May 29, 2010. Ecuadorian authorities ordered evacuation for thousands of residents near the slopes of the volcano. [Xinhua]