Iceland

Iceland

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  Icelandic girl wins right to use her given name

  A 15-year-old Icelandic girl has been granted the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother, despite the opposition of authorities and ... 

• Iceland wins case over failed bank deposits

  A European court on Monday cleared Iceland of wrongdoing over its refusal to repay depositors' money lost in the country's 2008 banking collapse. 

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  Icelandic girl fights for right to her own name

  Call her the girl with no name. A 15-year-old is suing the Icelandic state for the right to legally use the name given to her by her mother. 

• Amgen buying deCODE Genetics for $415 million

  Biotech pioneer Amgen Inc., in a bid for a big edge in using people's genetic information to find better ways to attack diseases, is buying human ... 

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  Scallop spat: UK, French fishermen in catch clash

  A bumper season for the large scallops known in France as Coquilles St. Jacques has turned into a bitter dispute in the English Channel, as French ... 

• Lady Gaga wins LennonOno Grant for Peace

  Music superstar Lady Gaga will share a peace prize in memory of John Lennon to honor her work campaigning for equality for gay, lesbian and ... 

• Aeroflot plane lands in Iceland after bomb threat

  An Aeroflot plane carrying 256 people from New York to Moscow made an unscheduled landing in Iceland on Thursday following a report of a bomb on ...