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Friday | Iceland Review

Icelandic School Involved in NASA Celebration

Click on the picture to watch this audio slideshow on how to prepare Icelandic saltfiskur , dried and salted fish, which used to be Iceland's most valuable export product.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, NASA, World News, Arctic Region, Space, Astronomy, Science, Houston Metro

Wed Nov 18, 2009

WebWire

Northern Lights package to Iceland launched in North America

Icelandair, Iceland's most popular air company, have launched a Northern Lights package deal for those who wish to view the wonders of the Aurora Borealis this winter.

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Related Topix: Travel, Iceland Travel, World News, Arctic Region,

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Berwick Today

Iceland trip brings geography lessons to life for Longridge Towers students

FOR 16 students and their two teachers from Longridge Towers School, a recent trip to the volcanic landscape of Iceland brought their geography text books to life.

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Related Topix: World News

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The West Australian

After economic collapse, Iceland agrees 'honesty' is key

After a year of soul-searching over the financial crisis that floored Iceland's economy, Icelanders are apparently yearning for the return of old-fashioned qualities like honesty.

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region,

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Iceland Review

Magma CEO: Iceland Needs Change in Attitude

Harnessing geothermal energy in Iceland. Photo by PA ll StefA nsson. Beaty said he had thought his company was given rather negative coverage last summer because of its investment in HS Energy, Morgunbladid reports.

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region

Wed Nov 11, 2009

JamBase

Iceland Airwaves I 10.14 - 10.18 I Reykjavik

Images by: Rich Smith & Matt Newby Iceland Airwaves Festival :: 10.14.09 a ' 10.18.09 :: Reykjavik, Iceland DJ at Blue Lagoon :: Iceland Airwaves 2009 In the light of our global economic meltdown, it cannot go unnoticed that Iceland has, prior to this year's Iceland Airwaves Festival , taken some of its hardest knocks since the infamous Cod Wars of ...

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region

Mon Nov 09, 2009

EUobserver.com

Concern over Iceland EU bid as public support tanks

Icelandic hot springs: Public opinion is not so hot on joining the EU any more LEIGH PHILLIPS 06.11.2009 @ 21:12 CET EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Iceland this week appointed its chief EU accession negotiator, but the country's application application is already hitting the buffers domestically and Brussels fears that the Arctic nation may "pull a ...

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region,

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Independent

24-Hour Room Service: CenterHotel Thingholt, Reykjavik, Iceland

The rooms feature so-plump-your-head-rolls-off pillows, cumulus-puffy duvets and sheets more Swiss chammy than Egyptian cotton enlarge Reykjavik 101.

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region, Life, Food, Seafood, Travel

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Friday interview: Author of an Icelandic saga that went from rock stars to ruin

Armann Thorvaldsson recalls the 'slap in the face' shock when he heard the FSA had seized his bank.

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region,

Tue Nov 03, 2009

People's Daily Online

Icelanders queue up for last Big Mac

Icelanders flooded the three branches of the US fast-food restaurant in Reykjavik several hours before the outlets shut for the last time over the weekend.

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region,

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Independent Online

Hamburgers on ice

Reykjavik - Noisy crowds, long queues, and traffic jams plunged McDonald's restaurants in Iceland into a state of siege on Saturday, as the chain served its final burgers on the island.

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region, Life, Food, Fast Food

Chattanoogan.com

Covenant College Graduate Receives Fulbright Award To Make Art In Iceland

Covenant College alumna Elizabeth Tubergen '08 was awarded a U.S. Fulbright Student Scholarship to Iceland.

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Arctic Region, Iceland Travel, Covenant College, US Travel

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Calgary Sun

Iceland a gender giant

Iceland may not be a great place for McDonald's, which is closing shop tomorrow because of prohibitively high import costs, but it's apparently a paradise for women.

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Related Topix: World News, Opinion

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Iceland Review

Iceland's First World Music Festival Coming Up

Foreigners often comment on how strong Icelandic women are. Most of them think we've been shaped by the harsh nature but that's not the case.

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region, Folk, World Music, Bollywood, Photography

Mon Oct 26, 2009

News Channel 11

Currency Collapse Drives McDonalda s Out Of Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland Iceland has become the land of the $6 Big Mac, and that's just too much.

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region

Sun Oct 25, 2009

China Daily

Travel Postcard: 48 Hours in Reykjavik, Iceland

Reykjavik, with its endless summer daylight, long winter nights, glaciers, waterfalls and geysers, is a photographer's paradise and a great holiday destination.

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region, Travel, Iceland Travel, Reykjavik, Iceland Travel

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Socialite Life

Mark Wahblerg Signs On To Icelandic Thriller

Mark Wahlberg has become one of the busiest actors in the business, and now he's going to be even busier.

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Related Topix: The Lovely Bones,

Thu Oct 22, 2009

MediaGuardian.co.uk

How are Iceland's bands coping with economic meltdown?

Despite enduring a financial crash that nearly bankrupted the nation, musicians at Icleand's Airwaves festival seem to be surviving the slump unscathed Crash landing ... For a Minor Reflection surive the fall of Iceland's financial institutions Iceland is nothing like you would imagine, and last weekend's Airwaves festival in ReykjavA k dispelled ...

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Discover

Iceland to Save All Computer Servers (and the World)?

Things looked pretty bleak in Iceland a year or so ago. Declaring national bankruptcy is never high on a country's list of priorities.

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region, Computers,

Sun Oct 18, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

SFO finds potential criminal activity during Iceland bank probes

The Serious Fraud Office has identified one area of potential criminality relating to the UK operations of Landsbanki and three at Kaupthing, after investigators travelled to Reykjavik to gather information on the Icelandic banks.

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Related Topix: World News, Arctic Region,

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