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A boy has his throat checked at a hospital in Esquel
09 May 2008
Source: Reuters
 
A boy has his throat checked at a hospital in the Argentina's Patagonian city of Esquel, May 9, 2008. Chile's Chaiten volcano that has began erupting last week for the first time in thousands of years has spewed ash that has reached the Atlantic seaboard and the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. REUTERS/Jorge Cortizo (ARGENTINA)
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Fire trucks transporting drinking water are parked in Futaleufu town May 12, 2008. Volcanic ash raining down from the Chilean volcano Chaiten may cause long-term environmental damage and harm the health ...




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