• Posted on Monday, May 23, 2011
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Volcano ash cloud forces Obama to leave Ireland early

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President Barack Obama will cut short a visit to Ireland and leave Monday evening as a plume of ash from a volcano in Iceland heads toward the British Isles, threatening to strand him on the ground.

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