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2013/05/21 00:23
2013/05/21 00:23
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The Gender Equality Studies and Training Programme (GEST) at the University of Iceland was formally approved as a member of the United Nations University (UNU) network earlier this month. The...
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2013/05/14 13:30
2013/05/14 13:30
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Washington — The Arctic Ocean covers roughly 9 percent of the Earth's surface and its chemistry is changing, growing more acidic in ways that will affect marine ecosystems. The world's oceans dwarf...
2013/05/08 07:55
2013/05/08 07:55
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Lara G. Sigurdardóttir, M.D., a researcher at the University of Iceland, said: Therefore, Sigurdardóttir and her team set out to examine the effect sleep might have on prostate cancer risk. They...
2013/05/07 21:12
2013/05/07 21:12
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App taps into country's database to see if two potential romantic partners could be closely related. A new Icelandic app will allow potential romantic partners to check if their relationship could be...
2013/05/07 12:40
2013/05/07 12:40
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New scientific results show that arctic foxes accumulate dangerous levels of mercury if they live in coastal habitats and feed on prey which lives in the ocean. Researchers from the Leibniz Institute...
2013/05/07 06:08
2013/05/07 06:08
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Men who reported sleep problems, including difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep, had up to a twofold increased risk for prostate cancer, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology,...
2013/05/06 15:23
2013/05/06 15:23
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Internationally renowned environmental journalist Bill McKibben says Iceland should halt the exploration for oil in the Dragon Zone. Photo: Páll Stefansson/Iceland Review. McKibben was in Iceland...
2013/05/06 11:23
2013/05/06 11:23
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Review by Kremena Nikolova-Fontaine. Photo courtesy of the Einar Jónsson Museum and the Iceland Academy of the Arts’ Department of Fine Arts. In my over 50 reviews so far I have never reviewed The...
2013/05/02 14:19
2013/05/02 14:19
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In this Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, a pirate hat is seen on a table during a meeting of the Israel Pirate Party in Jerusalem. The Israel Pirate Party is one of 34 lists competing in the country’s Jan. 22...
2013/04/30 10:27
2013/04/30 10:27
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Saturday's parliamentary elections in Iceland saw the Independence Party – which was banished from power in 2009 following the country's financial crisis – once again emerge as the largest party, with...
2013/04/30 06:43
2013/04/30 06:43
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Iceland’s general election on Saturday saw three Pirate Party MPs elected to the country’s 1,080-year-old parliament, or Atheling – the latest stage in its increasingly friendly relations with the...
Read more at Forbes, Iceland Review
2013/04/29 16:53
2013/04/29 16:53
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Analysis - Iceland chooses lonely road back from economic segregation REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - The victory in Iceland's election of parties who would spurn the European Union may keep the country...
2013/04/28 18:03
2013/04/28 18:03
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... - The European Union's economic woes most likely helped Iceland's eurosceptic centre-right opposition oust the leftist government as voters in the crisis-battered nation failed to see the...
2013/04/27 09:15
2013/04/27 09:15
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Iceland opposition tipped to win general election Iceland goes to the polls on Saturday in a general election expected to return an opposition centre-right coalition to power four years after it was...
2013/04/25 17:42
2013/04/25 17:42
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Sitting in a bright, minimalist office in the heart of Reykjavík, the sleeves of his black shirt rolled up to reveal tattooed forearms, it is clear Jón Gnarr, the city mayor, is not a typical...
2013/04/25 00:23
2013/04/25 00:23
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Today is the first day of Harpa, the first summer month of the old Icelandic calendar, which is also officially the first day of summer, or Sumardagurinn fyrsti. The holiday always falls on the first...
2013/04/24 03:19
2013/04/24 03:19
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The European Union is an exclusive club many countries are vying to join. But Iceland, as it goes to the polls, is having severe second thoughts. The bid by the North Atlantic island nation to join...
Read more at GlobalPost, Eu Business
2013/04/23 00:16
2013/04/23 00:16
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In Iceland, a country with a population of 320,000 where most everyone is distantly related, inadvertently kissing cousins is a real risk. A new smartphone app is on hand to help Icelanders avoid...
2013/04/19 22:12
2013/04/19 22:12
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Before knocking boots, knock phones. Three software engineers at the University of Iceland have designed an app to alert people if a casual encounter might in fact be casual incest. By bumping their...
2013/04/19 18:07
2013/04/19 18:07
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland - You meet someone, there's chemistry, and then come the introductory questions: What's your name? Come here often? Are you my cousin? In Iceland, a country with a population of...