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Reader Letters: The Whale-Hunting Debacle
Hi, I just read on your site that more minke whales will be killed because of the demand of some tourists. I am certain that a vast majority of tourists are against whale hunting. Why the government is following the demand of…
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Sólon, And Thanks For All The Fish!
Hrefna: We visited Sólon on a particularly ordinary Wednesday afternoon. The place felt familiar. Maybe because I pass it every day on my way to work, envying the patrons who always seem so happy with their curly fries and drinks. The location,…
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Baby Minke Whale Beaches Self, Is Later Freed
A baby minke whale that beached itself in south Iceland has been freed, and is back in the ocean. RÚV reports that the calf swam into a small boat harbour in Þórshöfn, south Iceland, yesterday morning, and got itself stuck. While it…
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News In Brief Early August
A whole new angle on the ever-brewing Ministry of the Interior scandal came to light when it was reported that Interior Minister Hanna Birna had contacted then-Commissioner of the Capital Area Police Stefán Eiríksson, in person and by phone, in part to…