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What type of international cell phone would be best for my daughter to use on a visit to the Philippines?
She has an AT&T phone, but their international prices, even with the…

Most European airports reopen, some see ash delays (AP)

May 17th, 2010

Map showing expected location of Icelandic ash clouds on May 18 at 0600 GMT. New clouds of volcanic ash from Iceland's Eyjafjoell volcano brought fresh misery for tens of thousands of air travellers on Monday as key European airports were forced to close.(AFP/Graphic)AP - Aviation authorities introduced relaxed flight safety rules Monday to minimize more disruptions caused by a volcano eruption in Iceland, as three of Europe’s busiest airports reopened after a…

Volcanic ash cloud closes British airports (AP)

May 16th, 2010

Map shows the ash cloud over Europe from the volcano in IcelandAP - Civil aviation officials on Sunday said a drifting, dense cloud of volcanic ash is “rapidly encroaching” on British airspace, forcing the closure of airports in Northern Ireland.


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Ash from Iceland’s volcano shuts European airports (AP)

May 9th, 2010

An unidentified airport employee walks away through the empty check area area inside Sa Carneiro Airport in Porto, Portugal, Sunday, May 9, 2010. Dozens of flights in France, Italy and Portugal were cancelled Sunday as airspace was closed because of an ash cloud drifting over from a volcano in Iceland that caused major air travel chaos last month. In Portugal, all flights to and from the northern city of Porto were suspended. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)AP - Airlines canceled hundreds of flights across Europe and added hours to trans-Atlantic journeys Sunday as planes were diverted around a large plume of ash spewed by an Icelandic…

Ash closes airports in Spain, Portugal, Italy (AP)

May 9th, 2010

This image provided by NASA shows the ash plume from the Eyjafjallajokull volcano over the North Atlantic acquired on Friday May 7, 2010. mammoth cloud of volcanic ash stretching 1,250 miles (2,000 kilometers) across the North Atlantic is forcing most flights between North America and Europe to divert into a sky-high traffic jam, Irish and European air authorities said. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - Eurocontrol says it expects further flight disruptions in European airspace as a plume of volcanic ash snakes through southern France, Switzerland and northern Italy.


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Irish airports reopen despite Atlantic ash cloud (AP)

May 7th, 2010

A plume of ash rises from a volcano erupting under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, Hvolsvollur, Iceland, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. A new wave of dense volcanic ash from Iceland snarled air traffic Wednesday in Ireland and Scotland and threatened to spill into the air space of England. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti)AP - Ireland reopened its western airports Friday but warned that a 1,000-mile-long (1,600-kilometer-long) cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland was still lurking offshore.


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‘Massive’ ash cloud closing western Irish airports (AP)

May 7th, 2010

A plume of ash rises from a volcano erupting under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier, Hvolsvollur, Iceland, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. A new wave of dense volcanic ash from Iceland snarled air traffic Wednesday in Ireland and Scotland and threatened to spill into the air space of England. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti)AP - Iceland’s volcano has produced a 1,000-mile-wide (1,600 kilometer-wide) ash cloud off the west coast of Ireland that will force western Irish airports to shut down again Friday, the…

Ireland shuts airports Tuesday as ash risk returns (AP)

May 3rd, 2010

Smoke and ash billowing from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano in April 2010. Ireland ordered a new flight ban for six hours Tuesday as ash from an Icelandic volcano drifted towards it, while a small section of British airspace was closed, air authorities said.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AP - All flights in and out of Ireland have been canceled Tuesday morning because of the renewed risk of volcanic ash drifting south from Iceland, the Irish Aviation Authority…

Volcanic ash prompts Ireland to close its airports (AP)

May 3rd, 2010

Smoke and ash billowing from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano on April 23. Ireland may have to re-impose a flight ban as ash from an Icelandic volcano drifts towards it, while a small section of British airspace will be closed, air authorities said Monday.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)AP - Ireland’s Aviation Authority said Monday it was banning all flights in and out of Ireland on Tuesday morning because of a renewed risk of volcanic ash drifting south…