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Largest foreign investment in Iceland since the financial collapse
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REYKJAVIK, ICELAND — (July 30, 2013) – Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX)(NASDAQ:MEOH) announced today an initial $5 million investment in Carbon Recycling International (CRI), a privately held company with headquarters in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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Iceland Debt Forgiveness Reaches $2 Billion Since Crisis
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Iceland's lenders have forgiven household debt equal to about 12.4 percent of gross domestic product since the island's 2008 financial collapse. Lenders had written off 212.2 billion kronur ($1.7 billion) in household debt through the end of 2012, the …

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Edward Snowden 'has approached Iceland to seek asylum there'
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WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson has said that a middleman approached him on behalf of Snowden, and Hrafnsson then notified the Icelandic government that Snowden wanted to seek asylum there.

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Iceland boss who took 800 managers on dream trip to Disneyworld is sent £2.5MILLION tax bill because it counts as a perk
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Malcolm Walker argued that the £5,000-a-head trip to Florida was a business expense designed to give his senior staff an insight into the ‘world-class’ customer service at Disneyworld.

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Iceland votes in centre-right party that presided over financial crash
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Icelandic voters have dumped the Social Democrats from power, returning a centre-right government that ruled over the country's disastrous financial collapse just five years ago. Once a European financial hub, the north Atlantic island has been limping …

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Iceland opposition which ruled over financial collapse set to return to govt
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Icelandic voters have dumped the Social Democrats from power, returning a centre-right government that ruled over its stunning financial collapse just five years ago. Once a European financial hub, this windswept north Atlantic island of glaciers …

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170 UFO Sightings in Iceland – IcelandReview
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IcelandReview 170 UFO Sightings in IcelandIcelandReviewThe chair of the Association of UFO Enthusiasts in Iceland, Magnús Skarphéðinsson, told RÚV on Monday that he has registered 170 UFO sightings from individuals in Iceland, thirty of which he said were very detailed.

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UFO Sighting in Kopavogur, Iceland on April 13th 2013
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Date: April 13th 2013, Description: About 4.15 am I went outside to get fresh air,I looked up to the sky in north direction and saw a very bright white flashing light,I found it strange and kept looking, and after about 5 seconds it …

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Iceland Jails Bankers, Erases Citizens' Debt, Recovers Strongly …
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Seriously, the most advanced place on Earth. Bloomberg writes: Icelanders who pelted parliament with rocks in 2009 demanding their leaders and bankers answer for the country's economic and financial collapse are reaping …

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World's friendliest country? Head for Iceland, but avoid Bolivia at all costs!
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A new report by the World Economic Forum marked 140 nations on how friendly they were to visitors, and the gregarious people of Iceland, pictured, came top while Bolivia came last.

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