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A Colombian helicopter releases water over a burning forest in the mountains of Cota village near Bogota
07 Feb 2007
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A Colombian army helicopter releases water over a burning forest in the mountains of Cota village near Bogota, February 7, 2007. Local media have reported more than 13,000 hectares of forest have been destroyed by fire caused by unusually high temperatures around the country.
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A boat sprays water into the burning ferry Levina I 50 miles from Jakarta's Tanjung Priok Port February 22, 2007. At least 11 people died after a fire on the ferry off Jakarta Bay on Thursday, with some desperate passengers hurling themselves off the blazing vessel into the sea, a navy official and a survivor said.


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