(2)Miyake Island ex-residents allowed to go home after 4 1/2 yrs

(2)Miyake Island ex-residents allowed to go home after 4 1/2 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - A shrine and its gate on Miyake Island remain buried under volcanic ashes in a photo taken in March 2004. Miyake village head Sukeyasu Hirano said July 20 that residents of the island will be allowed to return home in February 2005, four and a half years after an evacuation order was issued in September 2000 following volcanic eruptions there. (Kyodo)

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