“Iceland” on The Daily Caller

LONDON (AP) — After five days in which nature brought the jet age to a halt, European officials agreed Monday to let air traffic resume on a limited basis, giving hope to millions of travelers around the world stranded by ash from a volcano in Iceland. (more)

SYDNEY (AP) — Several thousand air passengers were stranded in Asia for a second day Saturday as flights were grounded because of a massive cloud of ash from an Icelandic volcano that paralyzed European airports. (more)

Jens Stoltenberg, the Norwegian prime minister, is stranded in New York today as ash from the Iceland volcano continues to disrupt flights to and from northern Europe. Good thing he has an Apple iPad. (more)

A volcano under a glacier in Iceland erupted Wednesday melting ice, spewing smoke and steam, closing a major road and forcing hundreds of people to flee rising floodwaters. (more)

LONDON (AP) – Airport operator BAA says all flights in and out of Heathrow and Stansted airports are to be suspended because of ash clouds drifting from Iceland’s spewing volcano. (more)

This weekend, a volcano eruption forced more than 600 people to flee their homes in Iceland.  The Gazette reports that the small eruption could potentially set off greater volcanic activity: (more)

Over the past decade, leftist theology has preached relentlessly about the impending global warming crisis. As awareness has turned to panic, enviro-scare tactics have millions of Americans “going green” to the extreme. Yet, what many people don’t realize (or remember, for that matter) is a similar campaign that scientists and the media waged back in the 1970s—a movement aimed at addressing what adherents referred to as the “global cooling” phenomenon. (more)

LONDON — Icelanders this weekend resoundingly rejected a plan to reimburse overseas depositors after the failure of an online Icelandic bank, a rare public referendum on the repayment of a foreign liability that could fuel further concerns over debt problems in Europe. (more)

The Winter Olympic Games began, as they always do, with the Parade of Nations—many of which we have yet to invade. By parading like that, however, they seem to just be asking for it. (more)

Thank goodness President Barack Obama told the world last June that the United States could be seen as “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world.” If it weren’t for that declaration there wouldn’t be one Muslim country helping out in Haiti. (more)

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — The Icelandic government introduced a bill Friday on holding a national referendum over repayment of $5.7 billion demanded by Britain and the Netherlands for depositors’ money lost in failed Icelandic banks. (more)