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![Iceland: Destination with a touch of chic](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Paul Thomas: I'll take boring over US loony extremes
Biggest economy wouldn't default over politics, would it?
![Glass made volcano ash a flight risk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Glass made volcano ash a flight risk
Air traffic controllers were 'right' to close European airspace last year over fears of the ash plume.
![Bjork seeks poll for energy deals](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ash cloud causes sky-high traffic jam
The ash cloud from Iceland's Eyjafjallajokul volcano is still causing havoc for flights across the Atlantic.
![<i>Rebecca Barry:</i> Bjork's got a lot to answer for](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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The quiet of the no-fly zone has been replaced by the roar of airplane engines across Britain today.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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
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.
![Travellers grounded as air restrictions continue](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Travellers grounded as air restrictions continue
UK airspace will remain closed until tomorrow morning, a shutdown which is costing the air industry an estimated $282 million a day.