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UK budget airline to test ash cloud detector

A U.K. budget airline will create an artificial volcanic ash cloud over Europe this summer to test ash detection technology. The experiment aims to avoid the kind of chaos that paralyzed air traffic during eruptions three years ago.Full story

Flashback Friday: Up close to Iceland’s erupting glacial volcano

It’s not every day you get to land on the surface of an erupting glacial volcano. But I did just that in 2010, on Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland. Full story

Flashback Friday: Revisiting the eruption in Eyjafjallajökull

  MSNBC's Chris Jansing revisits the 2010 eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull ice caps in Iceland.

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CNBC's Jane Wells reports on how local economies in Iceland, Croatia and Northern Ireland are benefiting from the popular HBO series.

  Wounded soldiers train for South Pole expedition

A British soldier who lost both his legs in a bomb blast in Afghanistan is hoping to become the first double-amputee to walk to the South Pole. Sergeant Duncan Slater will take part in a special race in Antarctica later this year made up of three teams of wounded servicemen and women. To prepare for

  Icelandic girl sues to keep her name

“I’m proud of my name,” said the Icelandic girl whose passport says her name is just “Girl.” However, Girl was baptized Blaer, Icelandic for “breeze.” The government committee, which must approve all first names, has rejected Blaer because it is a masculine name. NBC’s Annabel Roberts reports.

  Bomb threat forces jet's emergency landing

A passenger jet flying from New York to Moscow makes an emergency landing in Iceland after a caller claimed there was a bomb on board. NBCNews.com's Richard Lui reports.

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Iceland's Progressive Party Chairman Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson arrives at the President's office in Reykjavik April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Sigtryggur Johannsson

Iceland's Independence Party Chairman Benediktsson speaks to media in Reykjavik
Iceland's Independence Party Chairman Benediktsson speaks to media in Reykjavik

Iceland's Independence Party Chairman Bjarni Benediktsson speaks to media in Reykjavik April 29, 2013. The victory in Iceland's election of parties who would spurn the European Union may keep the country isolated by cementing damaging currency controls in place. Benediktsson is vying to become prime