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Iceland: Destination with a touch of chic
Iceland, settled by Vikings and their slaves more than a thousand years ago, is a surprisingly chic, switched-on place, writes Denis Peters.

Watching Brief: Mana Waka's triumphant return
Mana Waka hasn't been shown publicly since January 1990.

Paul Thomas: I'll take boring over US loony extremes
Biggest economy wouldn't default over politics, would it?

Don't miss: Arctic Open Golf Championship
Every year amateur and professional golfers from around the world descend on the small town of Akureyri in Iceland for a round of midnight golf.

Bjork seeks poll for energy deals
Singer-songwriter Bjork is spearheading a push to put foreign energy takeovers to referendum if enough people oppose the deals.

Volcano ash creates new travel chaos
Eyjafjallajokull in Iceland has reminded the world again that it has the power to disrupt international travel.

Ash cloud causes sky-high traffic jam
The ash cloud from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokul volcano is still causing havoc for flights across the Atlantic.

Motorsport: 'Too early' to write off Rally NZ
A leading figure in world rallying believes this may not be the last Rally New Zealand.

<i>Rebecca Barry:</i> Bjork's got a lot to answer for
It's Bjork's fault. "One day it will happen," sings the Icelandic star on the prophetic 1993 song, One Day.

150,000 pour through UK departure lounges
The quiet of the no-fly zone has been replaced by the roar of airplane engines across Britain today.

Iceland: Second, more powerful volcano due to erupt
Another Icelandic volcano is expected to explode, potentially causing more disruption than Eyjafjallajokull.

Air NZ skirts $3b ash fallout
The eruption is unlikely to have inflicted significant financial pain on Air NZ, analysts say.

No end in sight to vast plume of ash
Britain is bracing for what scientists warn could be weeks of disruption from the volcanic dust cloud blanketing Europe.