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Nevado del Ruiz has erupted several times since the disaster, and continues to threaten up to 500,000 people living along the Combeima, Chinchina, Coello-Toche, and Guali river valleys. A lahar (or group of lahars) similar in size to the 1985 event could potentially travel as far as 100 kilometers (62 mi) from the volcano, and could be triggered by a small eruption. A larger eruption could reach as far as Bogotá. To counter this threat, the Colombian government established a specialized office which promotes awareness of natural threats. The United States Geological Survey also created the Volcano Disaster Assistance Program and the Volcano Crisis Assistance Team, which evacuated roughly 75,000 people from the area around Mount Pinatubo before its 1991 eruption. In 1988, three years after the eruption, Dr. Stanley Williams of Louisiana State University stated that, "With the possible exception of Mount St. Helens in the state of Washington, no other volcano in the Western Hemisphere is being watched so elaborately" as Nevado del Ruiz. Additionally, many of Colombia's cities have programs to raise awareness of natural disaster planning programs which have helped save lives in natural disasters. Near Nevado del Ruiz in particular, locals have become wary of volcanic activity: when the volcano erupted in 1989, more than 2,300 people living around it were evacuated.



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Muslim cleric Omar Bakri sentenced to life in Lebanon


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The radical Muslim cleric, Omar Bakri Muhammad, has been sentenced to life in prison by a military court in Lebanon.

He told the BBC from his home in Tripoli that he had been informed by his lawyer of the verdict on Thursday.

He had been tried in his absence by the court, accused of forming a militant group with the purpose of weakening the Lebanese government. He strenuously denied the accusation.

Lebanese officials have confirmed the sentence, but he has not been arrested.

Bakri Muhammad, who was born in Syria and also holds Lebanese nationality, has been told he has 15 days to appeal.

He was among 54 people sentenced, to varying terms of imprisonment, the officials said. About half are already in prison.

Bakri Mohammad told the BBC he had never been informed about the case or asked to attend the court.

"I have never received any notifications, not even a warrant of arrest - everything was in my absence," he said.

"When I heard about [the trial] one and a half years ago, I did contact many officers, many people in the securities, in the army... and they said, 'If you do not receive a warrant of arrest officially, do not worry.'

"So now I am receiving a sentence for life for a crime I never committed."

Exclusion
Bakri Muhammad lived in the UK for nearly 20 years after seeking political asylum in 1986 and being granted indefinite leave to remain.

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Omar Bakri Muhammad

Born in Syria in 1958
Involved in Muslim Brotherhood
Travelled through the Middle East
Sought asylum in the UK in 1986
Established al-Muhajiroun in the UK after splitting with Hizb ut-Tahrir
"Disbanded" al-Muhajiroun in 2004
Suddenly left UK for Lebanon in August 2005; barred from returning by Home Office
The self-styled "sheikh" ran the radical Islamist group, al-Muhajiroun, from north London until it was disbanded in 2004.

After the July 2005 London bombings, he caused a media storm when he declared that the only people he blamed were the British government and public.

The next month, Bakri Muhammad left the UK on what he described as a holiday to see his mother in Beirut.

While abroad, the British government used existing powers to exclude him, saying his presence was "not conducive to the public good".

The decision did not affect his family, including his seven children.

At the time, Bakri Muhammad said he had never preached violence, and had run a "purely ideological, political campaign" in the UK.

But he also vowed that he would never return the UK because of the "evil policies adopted by the British Government".





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