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• Flights resume in Europe but travel chaos not over (AP)
• European skies open but airline schedules scrambled (Reuters)
• British flight ban ends, London's Heathrow reopens (AFP)
• A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash (AP)
• London's Heathrow airport says open after ash closure (AFP)
• British airspace starts reopening (AFP)
• More than five European airlines risk bankruptcy : IATA chief (AFP)
• Travelers stranded by volcano find room in New York (Reuters)
• Former IOC chief Samaranch gavely ill at Barcelona hospital (AFP)
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• Are pirate ransoms legal? Confusion over US order (AP)
• Miami archbishop resigns, Orlando bishop replaces (AP)
• German priest ordered home from US in abuse case (AP)
• Airlines have procedures for flying in ash (AP)
• Azerbaijan puts off joint military drills with US (AP)
• Experts: Airlines must intensify engine checks (AP)
• UK's smaller parties could be big election winners (AP)
• Prominent Serbian human rights activist dies at 58 (AP)
• Poland gives aid to kin of plane crash victims (AP)

Flights resume in Europe but travel chaos not over (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 06:12 PM PDT AP - Europe's busiest airport reopened Tuesday as air traffic across the continent lurched back to life. But the gridlock created by Iceland's volcanic ash plume was far from over: Officials said it would be weeks before all stranded travelers could be brought home.

European skies open but airline schedules scrambled (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 05:28 PM PDT Reuters - Europe's skies were open for business on Wednesday, but with so many planes having been grounded by the pall of volcanic ash spreading from Iceland it could take days, or weeks, to clear the backlog.

British flight ban ends, London's Heathrow reopens (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 03:41 PM PDT AFP - Airports across Britain began reopening Tuesday after a five-day airspace shutdown caused by an Icelandic volcano ash cloud that left tens of thousands of holidaymakers stranded abroad.

A glance at flight disruptions due to volcanic ash (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 02:36 PM PDT AP - Airspace throughout northern and central Europe was gradually reopening Tuesday, with about half of all regular flights operating according to the Eurocontrol air traffic agency.

London's Heathrow airport says open after ash closure (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 02:36 PM PDT AFP - London's Heathrow airport said Tuesday it had reopened after a five-day airspace shutdown and a first flight had arrived from Vancouver.

British airspace starts reopening (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 01:59 PM PDT AFP - The Civil Aviation Authority on Tuesday ordered a phased reopening of much of the country's airspace from 10:00 pm, bringing in sight an end to the five-day aerial shutdown.

More than five European airlines risk bankruptcy : IATA chief (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 01:34 PM PDT AFP - More than five European airlines risk bankruptcy after the volcanic ash cloud halted traffic, the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Tuesday.

Travelers stranded by volcano find room in New York (Reuters) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 01:12 PM PDT Reuters - David and Siobhan Monteith are celebrating a longer-than-expected honeymoon in New York, in a bed-and-breakfast in Harlem that has opened its doors to Europeans stranded by Iceland's volcanic ash cloud.

Former IOC chief Samaranch gavely ill at Barcelona hospital (AFP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 12:55 PM PDT AFP - Former International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch, 89, has been admitted to a Barcelona hospital suffering from severe heart trouble and his prognosis is "very bad", a hospital spokesman said on Tuesday.

(AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 12:29 PM PDT AP - Britain's government says UK airports will reopen Tuesday night, passenger flights to resume.

Are pirate ransoms legal? Confusion over US order (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 12:09 PM PDT AP - Shipping companies with U.S. interests don't know if they are allowed to pay ransoms to Somali pirates anymore after President Obama declared them an "extraordinary threat," even as pirates extended their reach farther than ever toward Asia, hijacking three Thai vessels, officials said Tuesday.

Miami archbishop resigns, Orlando bishop replaces (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 10:59 AM PDT AP - A prelate known for his advocacy of immigrants and his deep ties to South Florida and its refugee communities was named by Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday as the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Miami.

German priest ordered home from US in abuse case (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 10:10 AM PDT AP - A German priest has been suspended and ordered home from a posting in the U.S. as he faces allegations he sexually abused teenage girls in Germany two decades ago, church authorities said Tuesday.

Airlines have procedures for flying in ash (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 10:07 AM PDT AP - Flight were beginning to take to the skies again after days of air space closures due to ash from an erupting volcano in Iceland.

Azerbaijan puts off joint military drills with US (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 10:06 AM PDT AP - Officials in Azerbaijan have postponed a military exercise with the United States and expressed displeasure with Washington's mediation of an ethnic separatist dispute in the oil-rich Caspian Sea nation.

Experts: Airlines must intensify engine checks (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 09:16 AM PDT AP - Experts warned that airlines resuming flights over large swaths of Europe on Tuesday should carry out extensive engine inspections if there is any suspicion that an aircraft has flown through volcanic ash.

UK's smaller parties could be big election winners (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 07:28 AM PDT AP - Can Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party cling to power versus David Cameron's front-running Conservatives? In this tightly fought British election, a fringe party just might help tip the winner over the finishing line.

Prominent Serbian human rights activist dies at 58 (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 07:20 AM PDT AP - Biljana Kovacevic Vuco, one of Serbia's most prominent human rights activists, has died. She was 58.

Poland gives aid to kin of plane crash victims (AP) Posted: 20 Apr 2010 07:11 AM PDT AP - Poland's government has started providing financial help to families of the victims of the April 10 plane crash that killed the president and first lady, an official said Tuesday.

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