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Former PM Regrets 1968 Racist Remarks
Former Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde says that regrets and feels ashamed by racist remarks he made in a school paper at the age of 17. Geir’s article, “Maladies in our Society” resurfaced earlier this year. Its final paragraphs consist of explicitly…
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3000 People Attend Gaza “Die In”
An estimated 3000 people attended an anti-war “die in” in central Reykjavík yesterday protesting Israeli air raids on Gaza, reports Vísir. At the protest over 600 people lay down on the ground to represent the recent civilian deaths in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Speakers included Reykjavík Mayor…
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Former PM At WorldPride: In The End Love Conquered All
Iceland’s former Prime Minister-slash-the world’s first openly gay head of state Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir gave her first address on LGBT rights in Toronto at the WorldPride Human Rights Conference yesterday. In her speech Jóhanna expressed gratitude for LGBT activists who fought with such…
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PM Inaccurate On Coalition’s First Year
Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson penned a special article in celebration of the ruling coalition’s first year in office, but some of his claims have proven to be not entirely true.In the article, printed in Morgunblaðið and entitled “In Just One Year”, the…