British Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that three royal navy ships will be used to help Britons stranded abroad due to airspace restrictions brought by an ash cloud spewed by a volcano in Iceland.

Not everything was put on hold by the volcanic ash cloud spewed by Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano. The birthday celebrations of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark went on schedule despite some of her guests not being able to attend due to the “natural” disturbance. She turned 70 Friday, April 16.

The State of Israel passed a new law this week banning the entry of Apple’s latest prized gadget, the iPad, inside the country. The reason is that it has a wi-fi configuration that follows the US standard.

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In a turn of events, a nation who was in mourning changed to a place of protests after officials announced the final resting place for the late Poland President Lech Kaczynski.

Chinese officials reported that more than 300 people have died after three strong quakes shook Southern Qinghai, a mountainous area near Tibet.

The body of President Lech Kaczynski arrived in Poland on Sunday, as the Polish nation mourn the loss of their leader and several other high-ranking government and military officials.

President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria were among 97 people killed when the presidential plane crashed as it was trying to land amid thick fog near Russia’s North Smolensk airport.

A case regarding the adoption of a boy from Russia by an American mother hit the news when she sent back the boy to Moscow unaccompanied after he stayed with her for seven months.

Ilham Mahdi al Assi was married in a traditional arrangement, in which the brother of the bride also married the sister of the groom.