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Icelanders Protest Economic Crisis
VOA
News
Tuesday, Dec 02, 2008
Thousands of Icelanders marked the 90th anniversary of sovereignty
from Denmark Monday by demanding the government resign over the
country's economic crisis.
Hundreds of marchers tried to storm central bank headquarters
in Reykjavik. They left after a tense hour-long standoff with
riot police.
The global financial crisis has left Iceland's economy in shambles.
Three major banks have collapsed, unemployment has soared, and
the value of the krona has plunged.
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Prime Minister Geir Haarde has refused to resign or call for
early elections. He blames Iceland's economic calamity on commercial
bankers.
The government was forced to ask the International Monetary Fund
and several countries for a multi-billion-dollar loan.
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