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Visitors examine an image at an exhibition of photos on the Lapindo mudflow disaster in Malang, East Java, on Thursday. The exhibition displays 40 works of 10 artists who once lived in areas now covered by mud. (Antara/Ari Bowo Sucipto)
The Jakarta Post | Thu, 07/21/2011 3:22 PM
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