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Indonesia: Mount Dukono Erupts, Sending Ash Nearly 11 Kilometers High

Mount Dukono erupted Friday morning, May 8 at 07:41 local time, sending an ash column some 11,087 meters above sea level and drifting northward. It was the volcano's seventh eruption in a week. Indonesia's volcanology authority PVMBG has kept the volcano at Activity Level II (Alert), warning residents and visitors to stay at least 4 kilometers from the Malupang Warirang Crater.

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PM Abe with 'Umemusume' from Wakayama Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe poses for photos with Akiko Hiyo (L) and Fuyuka Baba, both "Umemusume" (daughters of plums) to promote plum products from Wakayama Prefecture including "umeboshi" pickled plums, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 12, 2014.

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PM Abe visited by Plum Girls

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) poses for photos at his office in Tokyo on June 5, 2015, with the Plum Girls from Wakayama Prefecture, Kozue Kimoto (L) and Fuyuka Baba, who were visiting to promote plum products from the western Japan prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo