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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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Spain downgraded as Europe debt crisis widens (AP)

April 28th, 2010

German Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, talk at the beginning of a meeting of the cabinet at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)AP - Europe’s debt crisis spread its contagion to another country Wednesday when a major agency downgraded Spain’s credit rating, even as Germany grudgingly moved closer to bailing out Greece…

Spain downgraded, Europe debt crisis widens (AP)

April 28th, 2010

A protester holds handcuffs during an anti-government demonstration staged by civil servants outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Greece's debt crisis intensified Tuesday as its credit rating cut to junk status. (AP Photo/Marita Pappa)AP - Europe’s debt crisis flared again Wednesday as Spain saw its credit rating lowered, just as Germany sought to reassure markets fearful over a possible Greek financial collapse by…

Fierce storms in France, Spain, Portugal kill 16 (AP)

February 28th, 2010

AP - A violent late winter storm with fierce rain and hurricane-strength winds battered France, Spain and Portugal Sunday, leaving at least 16 people dead.

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