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- Wednesday Whatzits: Haiti, Tungurahua erupts, Martian lava flows and a pile of updates
- 7.0 Earthquake in Haiti
- Turriabla mini-update for 1/11/2010
- Friday Flotsam: FOX News kills the dinosaur with coal, Hawaiian lava flows and Turrialba update
- Thursday Throwdown: Turrialba, Mayon and the latest USGS/GVP Weekly Report
- Wednesday Whatzits: Mayon and Redoubt Quieten, Nyamuragira news and more on Turrialba
- Turrialba in Costa Rica erupts and a close view at Poas
- Gambling on a volcano
- Eruption update for 1/4/2009: Mayon, Nyamuragira, Galeras, Kilauea and Redoubt
- Galeras has large eruption - 12 km ash plume?
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