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Iceland keeps shaking with earthquakes
Region: IcelandPer Ice News, Iceland has had “438 earthquakes” in 48 hours, mostly small tremors and aftershocks but still an enormous amount of seismic activity. The most notable earthquake registered at 6.1 on the Richter S... more
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Earthquake Rocks Southwest Iceland
Region: IcelandAn earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 points on Richter scale hit the Southwest part of Iceland at 21:33 GMT on the 29th of May 2009. Exactly a year earlier a big earthquake hit the southern part of the country, meas... more
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Iceland's Power Struggle
Region: IcelandThe prime minister of Iceland has written a letter to the three governors of the Central Bank of Iceland with the request that they resign before the 5th of February. One of the governors agreed to the reque... more
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Four Nations Ready to be ‘Guinea Pigs’ in the Fight Against Climate Change
Region: Norway
Guinea pigs because it hasn’t been tried ever before - an entire country going carbon neutral. Obviously the risk related to such an exercise are much greater than actually perceived since it is a completely new idea... more
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Red Cross Opens Emergency Center in Iceland
Region: IcelandThe Red Cross in Iceland has opened a emergency center because of the economy crisis in Iceland. There will be offered physiology support, counseling and education to assist people to cope with the changed economy situatio... more
Views: 365Iceland Nationalizes Third Major Bank, Halts Stock Trading
Region: Iceland
In a move to prevent its teetering economy from falling into bankruptcy, Iceland ceased all trading on its stock exchange until Monday, and took over Kaupthing, the country's largest bank. Awash in Red On Thursday,... more
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