On Middle Andaman island, lava is reported to be spewing near Baratang town, 100km (60 miles) from Port Blair.

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An annual service was held at the Indian archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar to honor victims of the tsunami.

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Codenamed "Operation Leech, " the mission mostly involved intercepting illegal consignments of arms on the high seas off the Andaman Islands.

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The goal is to learn to clear the mind by consciously focusing on every body movement during a serene walk along the Andaman Sea.

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The fact that the long-isolated Andaman islanders have genes that diverged from other Asians about 60, 000 years ago fits this notion of sudden seaside peopling.

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That was before Western-style environmental consciousness washed over the dynamite-fishing grounds of the Andaman Sea, according to Ing Kanjanavanit, an outspoken opponent of the film.

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Last month, a Congress minister, Mani Shankar Aiyer, ruled that a quotation from him should be expunged from a memorial at the prison in the Andaman islands where he was detained.

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Some drifted west to India's Andaman islands.

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The Essex and Juneau were expected to depart the gulf later Thursday when they finished off-loading the helicopters, then steam around the Malay Peninsula through the Strait of Malacca and into the Andaman Sea to be in position closer to Myanmar.

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