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- $2 billion in losses and counting: Recriminations erupt over Europe’s volcanic ash crisis
- Volcano ash cloud has US and other military jet fighters still grounded in Europe
- Airlines lose $1.7 billion, ask for compensation for losses from over 100,000 canceled flights
- Airlines group says industry lost over $1.7 billion from ash cloud disruptions over Europe
- Winds blow volcanic ash back over Britain; passengers cheer as some flights resume in Europe
- Europe to gradually resume air traffic in designated ‘caution zones’
- Germany breaks flight deadlock, lets Lufthansa fly 15,000 home under the volcanic ash cloud
- Germany lets Lufthansa fly 15,000 back home, restrictions to be lifted Tuesday over Scotland
- Air authority: Lufthansa granted permission to fly planes back to Germany with passengers
- UK Royal Navy to rescue those stranded by ash cloud; Aviation industry blasts EU leadership
- British PM: UK to send Royal Navy warships to Britons stranded by ash cloud
- Aviation industry claims ‘no leadership’ in volcanic ash crisis from EU govts, blasts lockdown
- Civil aviation authorities hold flight restrictions until early Tuesday
- EU says half of normal flights could resume Monday; test flights show no sign of ash damage
- European Union says half of airspace may be free of ash Monday, half of normal flight may run
- European airlines fly test planes despite volcano ash danger; pressure rises to end flight ban
- Air France says its carried out test flight, KLM says its flights passed through ash safely
- Elaborate funeral Mass held for Polish first couple; some leaders cancel because of ash cloud
- Dutch airline KLM says no damage to plane that flew through ash cloud, wants flights resumed
- KLM says no damage to plane that flew through volcanic ash, wants to resume flights
- Bodies of Polish president, wife, flown to Krakow for traditional-laden burial
- Spewing anew, volcano keeps Europe land-bound and uncertain of long term under ashy shadow
- Icelandic volcano spews more ash overnight, worsening flight problems, travel chaos worldwide
- Afghan president names new election panel chief ahead of September parliamentary elections
- Volcanic ash cloud sparks more flight disruptions, no end in sight for explosive activity
- Scientists say Iceland volcano activity increases, more travel disruptions feared
- Volcanic cloud over Europe highlights vulnerabilities of interwoven world
- Volcanic ash cloud drifts east and south, flight disruptions get even worse in Europe
- Eruption disrupts travel; car rentals, trains boom; not everyone heartbroken at being stranded
- Kaczynski’s family wants state funeral Sunday as planned, even if Poland’s airports stay shut
- 5 Afghan UN workers missing in northern Afghanistan
- Volcanic ash cloud drifts east, flight disruptions get even worse in Europe
- Powerful bombings kill foreigners in Afghan city of Kandahar, 4 German troops killed in north
- Car bombs hit Kandahar killing at least 6; 4 German troops die in northern Afghanistan
- Powerful blast heard in southern Afghan city of Kandahar, hours after car bombing
- Car bomb hits hotel in Kandahar; 4 German troops die in fighting in northern Afghanistan
- Amid mourning in Poland, lawmakers discuss new elections; world leaders set for state funeral
- World leaders express sorrow at death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski
- Suicide bombs targeting embassies in Baghdad kill 42 at time of political uncertainty
- Karzai says local leaders must be consulted ahead of upcoming offensive in south Afghanistan
- 3 back-to-back suicide bombs target embassies in central Baghdad; at least 35 killed
- 3 back-to-back suicide bombs target foreign embassies in Baghdad; at least 31 killed
- German troops accidentally kill 6 Afghan soldiers in northern Afghanistan
- German troops accidentally kill Afghan soldiers in northern Afghanistan
- 67 sheep killed in Germany when dogs frighten them into path of freight train
- Cocaine worth $13 mn found in banana consignment
- Germany’s Merkel: Help for Greece is last resort, must involve International Monetary Fund
- Germany’s Merkel: Greece should only seek bailout when markets refuse to lend it money
- Life jail for ex-SS assassin for 1944 Dutch murders
- Pope’s former diocese in Munich takes on “tsunami” of abuse cases
- Grenade-shaped lighter forces evacuation of 1,000 people from Polish airport
- Germany: European monetary fund could grant aid under strict conditions, with ECB agreement
- Swiss Re puts total cost to insurance industry of Chile quake at $4-7 billion
- Snow causes thousands of accidents and an avalanche in Germany, at least 7 dead
- British PM visits troops in south Afghanistan, promises new vehicles to battle roadside bombs
- 4 convicted over foiled plot to attack US targets in Germany
- A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world
- German January retail sales steady versus December; 3.4 percent lower y-o-y
- World stocks advance amid Greece hopes, China manufacturing news; oil tops $80 a barrel
- Fierce rain and winds batter Europe; at least 51 people killed, mostly in France
- Fierce rain and winds batter Europe; at least 50 people killed, mostly in France
- Fierce rain and winds batter France, Spain, Portugal and Germany, leaving at least 45 dead
- Fierce rain and winds batter France, Spain, Portugal and Germany, leaving at least 27 dead
- 2 from 4: Germany’s Andre Lange halfway to 4th Olympic gold medal in bobsled
- Dubai attack turns up signs of a long-running shadow war by Israel’s Mossad spy agency
- Jacobellis flubs in the snowboardcross course again, this time in semis; US hockey wins opener
- The podium in the mountains: snow, fog, rain; dazzling men’s hockey tourney to open on Day 5
- Head-on train crash in Belgium kills at least 18, disrupting train service across region
- Spillane wins 1st US medal in Nordic combined, Bilodeau’s gold a big breakthrough for Canada
- Far right marks 65th anniversary of Dresden bombing; counter-protesters stand up against them
- Far right marks 65th anniversary of Dresden bombing; counter demonstrations expected
- Putin calls Baltic Sea gas pipeline ’safe and reliable’
- US troops who have died while serving in Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa
- Prosecutors seek sentences of up to 13 years for suspects in German terror plot
- US Army: Helicopter that crashed in Germany killing 3 was on training mission
- US military says 3 people killed in crash of Black Hawk helicopter in western Germany
- German police: 2 killed, 1 missing in US military chopper crash; no confirmation from military
- US military helicopter crashes in western Germany; unclear whether any casualties
- Internet web-cam saves man trapped in German sea ice
- Suicide car bomber targets US base in Afghan capital, wounding 14, including 8 Americans
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- Heavy snow halts planes in Europe, strands hundreds in freezing conditions on German highway
- Heavy snow strands hundreds in freezing conditions on German highway near Baltic Coast
- Snowstorm brings parts of Germany to a standstill; longest cold snap in 3 decades grips UK
- Snow on French Mediterranean, parents fight for sleds, as Europe shivers through cold snap
- Munich Re: Costs from catastrophes fell 2009, global warming increases damage in US
