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  1. 26th January 2009, 01:45 PM #1
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    Iceland's prime minister says coalition government has collapsed

    single line from AP new agency 29 minutes ago
    "We know what to do, we just dont know how to get elected afterwards" Jean-Claude Juncker on how to fix the European economy
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  3. 26th January 2009, 01:52 PM #2
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  4. 26th January 2009, 02:18 PM #3
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    Some interesting threads elsewhere:

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    https://www.kitcomm.com/showthread.php?t=32953

    Some news from Iceland...
    https://www.kitcomm.com/showthread.php?t=32526

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  5. 26th January 2009, 02:23 PM #4
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    The Associated Press: Iceland's prime minister: government has collapsed

    "Iceland's prime minister says the island nation's coalition government has collapsed amid a deepening financial crisis."



    Iceland first EU govt to collapse in wake of economic crisis | World News | Deutsche Welle | 26.01.2009

    Whos next?

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  6. 26th January 2009, 02:25 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by aidanodr View Post
    Iceland first EU govt to collapse in wake of economic crisis | World News | Deutsche Welle | 26.01.2009
    Huh? They aren't an EU country.
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  7. 26th January 2009, 02:27 PM #6
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    Not EU yet, but we may have to take in stray cats.
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  8. 26th January 2009, 02:43 PM #7
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    They are in the EEA, though. It is wierd that a German site gets something like that wrong, I could understand if a US site took a "well sure, they are all European anyway" attitude.
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