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Volcano ash disrupts New Zealand flights
Aug 6th, 2012
A volcanic eruption at New Zealand's Mount Tongariro spewed out an ash cloud 20,000 feet (6,100 metres) high, disrupting flights and closing highways, officials said Tuesday. (Source: AFP) -
In Alaska, scores of volcanoes and strange lava flows have escaped scrutiny for decades, shrouded by lush forests and hidden under bobbing coastlines. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article]
PARIS (AP) - A strike by air traffic controllers forced cancellations of more than 60 percent of flights around France and disrupted travel elsewhere in Europe on Wednesday, as workers protested a plan to simplify the continent's patchwork airspace. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NGATAKI, New Zealand (AP) - Bob Edwards was born before the first Model T rolled out of Henry Ford's factory in Detroit. He learned to drive in a French car that had a lever instead of a steering wheel. And he's still on the road, only now in a red four-wheel-drive Mitsubishi. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]