31.   The emergency on the volcanic island colony of Montserrat has been difficult to handle because so many departments are involved, government minister Clare Short said Tuesday.

32.   The volcanic islands had been cut off for two days because of high seas that forced authorities to use police helicopters to bring in ballots.

33.   Villagers were forced to evacuate a tiny volcanic island in eastern Indonesia when a nearby volcano began to spew thick ashes, a report said Monday.

34.   In Sanaa, a Yemeni official renewed threats of military action to recover the volcanic island.

35.   A Yemeni official vowed Monday that his country would retake the volcanic island before holding any negotiations.

36.   Agrihan was a small volcanic island with nine people living on it.

37.   Basilan is a jungle-clad volcanic island about the size of Los Angeles.

38.   Basilan is about the size of Los Angeles, but the volcanic island is clad in thick forests.

39.   Both countries claim the volcanic island, which is part of an archipelago formerly owned by the Ottoman empire and whose status has never been defined under international convention.

40.   During the weekend he has also won the Pantalica Trophy and the Blood Orange Trophy on the volcanic island.