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The word's first artificial windpipe transplant has been such a success that a second operation has been carried out and a third is being planned, The Lancet reported on Thursday.

Iceland's volcanoes gained notoriety last year for their ash-spewing ability to ground airlines and make a mess. But they also pay their dues, drawing tourists eager to see the source of the chaos.

A massive flood of meltwater poured out of Iceland's Myrdalsjokull glacier Saturday, raising fears of an eruption from the powerful Katla volcano underneath, but experts said a large blast was unlikely.

One of Iceland's most feared volcanoes looks ready to erupt, with measurements indicating magma movement, Icelandic experts said Wednesday, raising fears of a new ash cloud halting flights over Europe.

One of Iceland's most feared volcanoes looks ready to erupt, with measurements indicating magma movement, Icelandic experts said Wednesday, raising fears of a new ash cloud halting flights over Europe.

STOCKHOLM/REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's volcanic eruption has died down and is no longer spewing out ash, officials said on Wednesday and airlines began to get back to normal after cancelling about 1,000 flights in northern Europe.

Safety experts warned Sunday that ash from an erupting Icelandic volcano that closed the country's airspace may blow across large swathes of western Europe, raising fears of new flight chaos.

Voters in Iceland gave a resounding "no" in a referendum on whether to approve a renegotiated deal to compensate Britain and The Netherlands over the 2008 collapse of Icesave bank, according to near-complete results quoted Sunday by RUV public radio.

About 230,000 Icelandic voters went to the polls Saturday to approve or reject a renegotiated deal to compensate Britain and The Netherlands over the 2008 collapse of Icesave bank.

President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson's decision to veto a new bill on Icesave that had passed parliament with a large majority has sent shockwaves through Iceland, where many thought the painful issue was finally coming to a close.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A large fraction of elderly people have age-related degenerative changes in their eyes that put them on a path to blindness -- but could be preventable - a new study finds.

Truck drivers, professors in running to draft new Icelandic constitution. Iceland's getting a new constitution ? and it's really going to be the voice of the people.

The first Native American to arrive in Europe may have been a woman brought to Iceland by the Vikings more than 1,000 years ago, a study by Spanish and Icelandic researchers suggests.

Scientists: Glacial flood under way at Iceland volcano, but no sign yet of impending eruption. Torrents of water are pouring from a glacier that sits atop Iceland's most active volcano, an indication that the mountain is growing hotter and may be about to erupt, scientists said Monday.

A new volcano eruption on Iceland could happen again soon, but will likely wreak less havoc than the one that caused massive airspace shutdowns earlier this year, experts said on Thursday.

A new volcano eruption on Iceland could happen again soon, but will likely wreak less havoc than the one that caused massive airspace shutdowns earlier this year, experts said Thursday.

Icelandic lawmakers split on prosecuting former leaders for financial crash. A committee of Icelandic lawmakers split Saturday over whether to recommend an unprecedented prosecution of former leaders for failing to prevent the country's financial meltdown.

Formal talks have started over Iceland's entry into the European Union, but Icelanders remain cool at the prospect as differences over fishing and revived national pride trump EU enthusiasm.

Formal talks have started over Iceland's entry into the European Union, but Icelanders remain cool at the prospect as differences over fishing and revived national pride trump EU enthusiasm.

Iceland Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir was among the first gay couples to marry Sunday as a new law came into force. ?Iceland Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir was among the first gay couples to marry Sunday as the country's new gay marriage law came into force, the Iceland broadcaster RUV reported. The gay marriage bill, introduced on March 23, was approved by 49 out of 63 members of the Althingi parliament on June 12. The remainder abstained, making the vote unanimous. The legislation is groundbreaking in that it does not alter marriage to a gender-neutral institution, but instead includes ?man and man? and ?woman and woman? among the definitions of marriage. Marriage replaces Iceland's system of registered partnerships for gay and lesbian couples first enacted in 1996. Sigurdardottir, 68, entered into a registered partnership with writer-playwright Jonina Leosdottir in 2002. The pair applied to have their partnership converted to a marriage on Sunday, the first day the le