Place: southern Iceland

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Airlines return to near-normal flight schedule

DESPITE an ash cloud 2,100 miles long and 1,400 miles wide hovering off the west coast, Irish airports will be open for business for much of today, allowing airlines to operate a near-normal service.

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Irish flights to resume on phased basis from 5am

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Flights deadlock broken, but thousands still stranded

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Flight chaos continues as ash spreads across Europe

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Air chaos ‘could last past the weekend’

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Ash could cause spectacular sunset

Evacuation as volcano erupts

A VOLCANO erupted near a glacier in southern Iceland on Saturday, shooting ash and molten lava into the air and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people from nearby villages.

Mon, 22 Mar, 2010

Hundreds evacuated as volcano erupts in Iceland

Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland’s civil protection agency said today.

Sun, 21 Mar, 2010

Chess genius Fischer laid to rest in Iceland

Reclusive chess genius Bobby Fischer was buried today in a private ceremony at a churchyard in southern Iceland, a television station reported.

Mon, 21 Jan, 2008