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This photo made available by Diario del Sur shows the Galeras volcano as it spews smoke and ash, near Pasto, Colombia, 320 miles sothwest of Bogota, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. A minor eruption of the 14,110-foot Galeras volcano at 1558 GMT prompted authorities to declare a state of maximum alert as they waited to see if further explosions would occur, said Eduardo Gonzalez, head of the government's disaster prevention office. About 2,000 of the people affected in three nearby alpine hamlets were already evacuated, and the rest were expected to be taken to disaster shelters in the coming hours, Gonzalez said. (AP Photo/Diario del Sur, HO)