Iceland News
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Gentle, and increasingly friendly to whale watchers, fin whales enjoy worldwide protection as their population struggles to recover from whaling. However, Iceland defies world agreements and hunts these whales, often selling the meat illegally to Japan.
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Iceland has decided to put an end to rumours of its flirtatious relationship with Canadian money. The affair is officially over, and the island is already giving the eye to Europe.
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Will Iceland adopt the Canadian loonie? Icelanders are keen on the idea, but the Canadian government and the Bank of Canada are not enthusiastic or open about the possible currency adoption in the North Atlantic country.
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Amateur footage has been published on the Internet purporting to show Iceland's equivalent to Scotland's Loch Ness Monster. The legendary monster is known as Lagarfljótsormurinn.
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Katla has been more heavily on the radar of scientists ever since the massive Eyjafjallajokull eruption occurred in Iceland during the spring of 2010.
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Much has been written about Bobby Fischer, but the written word is a poor substitute for an hour and a half documentary featuring archive footage, like this fine effort from the BBC.
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Imagine Peace Tower will be relit by Yoko Ono on October 9th 2011 in memory of John Lennon. He would have been 71 today (Sunday). The tower will be lit at 8pm Reykjavik time and the event will stream live on the internet.
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Italian traveller Salvatore Qvero was on his way to Boston from Austria last month when his flight made a stopover in Iceland. He got off the plane easily enough, but when it was time to get back on, he wasn't allowed to board.
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With the world headed for a double dip depression, what can the British or any government do? The answer appeared last week in a women’s magazine.
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In a radical effort to curtail smoking in Iceland, politicians are considering a proposal by health officials to make cigarettes available to smokers by prescription-only. The proposal is part of a 10-year plan to curb tobacco use in the country.
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Iceland Headlines
 Scotland has the Loch Ness monster, Canada the Sasquatch. And in Iceland, the national mystery creature is known as the River Worm.
The founder of food chain Iceland successfully leads a £1.55bn management buy-out of the company.
The founder of the Flintshire-based supermarket chain Iceland is in exclusive talks about a deal for his management team to buy the company ahead of other contenders.
Iceland is safe to invest in again, according to Fitch, which upgraded its credit rating three years after its economy spectacularly collapsed.
 As Icelanders toy with the idea of ditching the tarnished krona, one of the intriguing suggestions being floated there is that it should consider adopting the Canadian loonie.
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