Clinton cutting short Africa trip because of volcano eruption in Eritrea

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Source: Washington Post

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is cutting short a three-nation tour of Africa due to a volcano eruption that has created an ash cloud over parts of East Africa.

Clinton was to have spent Monday night in Addis Ababa. But she will now leave the Ethiopian capital immediately because the ash cloud from the explosion in Eritrea is heading toward the city.

U.S. officials said the airport at Addis Ababa was to be closed. That meant Clinton faced being stranded if she had proceeded with her planned meetings in Ethiopia on Tuesday.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/clinton-cutting-short-africa-trip-because-of-volcano-eruption-in-eritrea/2011/06/13/AGsErCTH_story.html

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1. Volcano eruptions in Europe, South America, and now Africa.

DO NOT PISS OFF MOTHER NATURE.

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2. This would not have made the news if she wasn;t there...

There was NO coverage of the volcano yesterday or today, the only reason i knew about it was because DUers are smart and follow the sciences and posted it here yesterday as it happened...there wasn't even info in the USGS site!
So if Hillary wasn't there and it didn;t effect the US in some way, we would not know...

so fucking wrong that the media is still going on about weiner's weiner, and can;t talk about what's really happening on the PLANET.
watch the smoke & mirrors as the earth rumbles underfoot...pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...

so glad that DU is the well-rounded source of News that it is...

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