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5 October 2006 - Mud Spill in Eastern Java
Source : Sydney Morning Herald









Mark Forbes Herald Correspondent in Jakarta September 29, 2006



A TOXIC mud spill spurting from a part-Australian-owned gas well in eastern Java has been declared a national disaster by the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

As thousands of residents living in the Sidoarjo area of East Java province were forced to abandon their homes, there are fears of a greater catastrophe with the imminent arrival of monsoonal rains.

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