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epa02121907 German Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) talks with journalists on her way to Berlin from Bolzano, northern Italy, 18 April 2010. Merkel set off by road on the next stage of an increasingly complicated journey home in good spirits after a volcanic ash cloud disrupted her return from the United States. Merkel left after arriving at Lisbon airport on April 16 trying to get back to Berlin from San Francisco.  EPA/GUIDO BERGMANN - HANDOUT  EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES