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Faced with economic disaster, Icelanders could care less that their prime minister is gay

Perhaps no economy in the world is in such disastrous shape as Iceland. Last year, the weight of the global financial crisis crushed this island nation causing its banking system to implode, its currency to collapse and its unemployment rate to soar.

This is quite a reversal for the country founded circa 874 AD. The United Nations' Human Development Index ranked Iceland as the world's most developed country. Maybe that was the result of the reckless abandon shown in running the country's banks.

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Last updated: November 24, 2009: 03:47 AM

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