Reuters - An Italian volcanic island popular with tourists has started to erupt more violently than usual, sending a flow of lava into the sea, emergency services said on Tuesday, advising locals to keep away from the danger areas.

AFP - A plan to use concrete balls to stem the disastrous ooze from an Indonesian "mud volcano" may be revised after they slid deeper than expected, a spokesman said Tuesday.

AP - Indonesian engineers successfully dropped several large concrete balls into a fissure Monday to try to stem a gushing mud eruption that has engulfed hundreds of homes and displaced 11,000 people.

AFP - Engineers dropped chains of concrete balls into a "volcano" oozing hot mud in Indonesia's East Java province Monday as they resumed a bid to stem the flow which has submerged entire villages.

AFP - Heavy rains on Sunday forced a new delay to Indonesian efforts to block a massive mud leak, which has submerged entire villages, with thousands of concrete balls.

AP - Indonesian engineers temporarily halted an attempt to plug a fissure that has been gushing mud for nine months, after a steel cable hoisting cement balls into the crater broke Saturday, officials said.