Iceland

Iceland

• Minister: Iceland refused to help FBI on WikiLeaks

  Iceland's interior minister said Friday that he ordered the country's police not to cooperate with FBI agents sent to investigate WikiLeaks two years ... 

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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. 

• Icelandic airline restrains man on flight to NYC

  Icelandair said it had to restrain a passenger on a flight from Reykjavik to New York City because he was hitting people, screaming profanities and ... 

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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 ...