News on Iceland

Iceland Volcano

2010-11-01T07:31:56Z

FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 18, 1998 file photo clouds of steam spew from beneath Europe's largest glacier, the Vatnajokull glacier, near Grimsvotn in southern Iceland throwing gases an estimated 32,000 feet (9,750 metres) into the air. Torrents of water are pouring from a glacier that sits atop Iceland's most active volcano, an indication that the mountain ...

Iceland Banking Crisis

2010-09-28T14:45:47Z

File - Iceland's then Prime Minister Geir Haarde addresses journalists at the parliament in Reykjavik, Iceland, in this Monday, Jan. 26, 2009 file photo . Iceland's former Prime Minister Geir Haarde has been referred to a special court in a move that could make him the first world leader to be charged in connection with the global financial crisis....

Iceland Gay Marriage

2010-06-30T11:00:38Z

FILE - This is a Monday June 15, 2009 file photo of Iceland's Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir as she speaks at a press conference, during the Nordic Prime Minister's Summit meeting in Egilssataoir, Iceland. Iceland's prime minister Johanna Sigurdardottir has married her partner under a new law legalizing same-sex marriage in the country. One of her advisers,

Britain Ash Predictors

2010-06-12T23:13:28Z

FILE -This is a Friday, April 16, 2010 file photo of The volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier sends ash into the air just prior to sunset. Armed with a private jet-cum flying laboratory, laser sensors and satellite imagery a small team of British scientists have the high-pressure task of predicting where Iceland's troublesome volcanic ash clouds will strike next. (AP ...

EUROPE ASH CLOUD

2010-05-17T07:30:23Z

Map shows the ash cloud over Europe from the volcano in Iceland

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