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07JAKARTA2186 (2007-08-10)07JAKARTA2375 (2007-08-29, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FULL ECONOMIC IMPACT DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY07SURABAYA26 (2007-08-14, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: REFUGEES REMAIN IN PORONG MARKET07SURABAYA27 (2007-08-14, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: REFUGEES REMAIN IN PORONG MARKET07SURABAYA37 (2007-09-19, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA: LAPINDO MUD UPDATE: HYDROGEN SULPHIDE LEVELS AND RIVER BOTH RISE, RESIDENT THREATENS DYKE07SURABAYA41 (2007-09-28, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA: MUDFLOW UPDATE -- USGS EXPERT VISIT TO MUDFLOW SITE07SURABAYA58 (2007-10-18, UNCLASSIFIED): EAST JAVA'S MT. KELUD VOLCANO: ERUPTION THREAT REMAINS WHILE EVACUEES RETURN HOME07SURABAYA61 (2007-10-24, UNCLASSIFIED): EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE: SUBSIDENCE CAUSING DAM BREACHES07SURABAYA62 (2007-10-25, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): A VOLCANO-SIDE, AIR CONDITIONED TENT: SBY'S INSPECTION TOUR OF MT. KELUD07SURABAYA64 (2007-10-30, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE: PRESIDENTIAL FLY-BY OFFERS VICTIMS LITTLE RELIEF07SURABAYA66 (2007-11-02, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE: POLITICS AND RIVER CURRENTS COMPETE; REQUEST FOR MONITORING EQUIPMENT07SURABAYA67 (2007-11-02, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA ELECTIONS COMMISSION: ELECTORAL POLITICS AND MUD07SURABAYA80 (2007-11-29, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE -- VICTIMS LOSE LAWSUIT AND ARE URGED TO RELOCATE; UNEP PROVIDES GRANT; RIVER SEDIMENTATION INCREASING07SURABAYA87 (2007-12-07, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: OPERATIONAL FUNDS DISBURSED; VICTIMS PROTEST; HEAVY RAINS BEGIN08JAKARTA659 (2008-04-02, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): Action Needed to Identify East Java Mudflow Mitigation Funds08SURABAYA27 (2008-02-27, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: PROGRESS ON PLANNED USG TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE08SURABAYA29 (2008-03-03, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FLAMES AND GEYSERS FORM BACKDROP TO RENEWED MUDFLOW DEBATE08SURABAYA40 (2008-03-25, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA: MUDFLOW UPDATE: DEMONSTRATORS BLOCK MAIN ROAD; DEMAND COMPENSATION; POLITICAL STAKES INCREASE08SURABAYA47 (2008-04-14, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FLAMMABLE GAS BUILDUP CAUSES ILLNESS, POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSION THREATENS HOMES08SURABAYA52 (2008-04-28, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: SIDOARJO REGENT PUTS PRIORITY ON RESETTLEMENT AS TEMPERS RISE IN ADVANCE OF COMPENSATION DEADLINE08SURABAYA66 (2008-05-30, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: TWO YEARS OF MUD, GEYSERS AND PROMISES08SURABAYA74 (2008-06-19, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): CENTRAL SULAWESI: LOCAL VIEWS OF POST CONFLICT ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN POSO08SURABAYA85 (2008-07-17, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: SOME REFUGEES RESETTLED WHILE SUBSIDENCE COULD CREATE MORE08SURABAYA99 (2008-08-25, UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY): EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: 98TH GEYSER APPEARS AMID PROTESTS THAT COULD CAUSE DIKE COLLAPSE123456789101112

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See also: Mud is thicker than money

Story line

1) 07JAKARTA2375 2007-08-29 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FULL ECONOMIC IMPACT DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY

2) 07SURABAYA37 2007-09-19 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

EAST JAVA: LAPINDO MUD UPDATE: HYDROGEN SULPHIDE LEVELS AND RIVER BOTH RISE, RESIDENT THREATENS DYKE

3) 07SURABAYA61 2007-10-24 UNCLASSIFIED

EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE: SUBSIDENCE CAUSING DAM BREACHES

4) 07SURABAYA64 2007-10-30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE: PRESIDENTIAL FLY-BY OFFERS VICTIMS LITTLE RELIEF

5) 07SURABAYA66 2007-11-02 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

EAST JAVA MUD FLOW UPDATE: POLITICS AND RIVER CURRENTS COMPETE; REQUEST FOR MONITORING EQUIPMENT

6) 07SURABAYA80 2007-11-29 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE -- VICTIMS LOSE LAWSUIT AND ARE URGED TO RELOCATE; UNEP PROVIDES GRANT; RIVER SEDIMENTATION INCREASING

7) 07SURABAYA87 2007-12-07 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: OPERATIONAL FUNDS DISBURSED; VICTIMS PROTEST; HEAVY RAINS BEGIN

8) 08SURABAYA29 2008-03-03 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FLAMES AND GEYSERS FORM BACKDROP TO RENEWED MUDFLOW DEBATE

9) 08SURABAYA40 2008-03-25 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

EAST JAVA: MUDFLOW UPDATE: DEMONSTRATORS BLOCK MAIN ROAD; DEMAND COMPENSATION; POLITICAL STAKES INCREASE

10) 08SURABAYA47 2008-04-14 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FLAMMABLE GAS BUILDUP CAUSES ILLNESS, POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSION THREATENS HOMES

11) 08SURABAYA52 2008-04-28 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: SIDOARJO REGENT PUTS PRIORITY ON RESETTLEMENT AS TEMPERS RISE IN ADVANCE OF COMPENSATION DEADLINE

12) 08SURABAYA66 2008-05-30 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: TWO YEARS OF MUD, GEYSERS AND PROMISES