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Riot in Reykjavik - Iceland - today !

by dorisig007 | January 20, 2009 at 01:29 pm

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Today, the 20th january 2009,the Icelandic parliement members came back to parliement building after christmass vacation.

At the building where lot of people protesting the economic crisis,and demanding the resignation of the government and the central bank CEO. People went around the parliement and into the garden ,and police tried to get them out of the garden.
People had pots and pans and everything to make as much noise as possible,to distrupt the work at the Parliement. Then riot Police came and used pepperspray and arrested protesters.

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Paschen

at 14:59 on January 20th, 2009

Thank you for the coverage on this, From Iceland.

Rachel Nixon

at 15:19 on January 20th, 2009

Thank you for the coverage of this story - I've seen your previous stories on the protests - is there an end in sight?

158

at 15:51 on January 20th, 2009

Iceland is one of the last places I would expect rioting.

poor oligarch (not verified)

at 16:43 on January 20th, 2009

Errrrrm? Since their economy was one of the worst affected by the September crisis - they're stuffed (thanks to Wall St and the City of London)

Marisa Olivia

at 19:16 on January 20th, 2009

In stark contrast to what we have going on here in the US today... I hope this can get turned around soon, for everybody's sake.

mtammas

at 20:00 on January 20th, 2009

Thank you for reporting this story. It's important for citizens all over the world to see how we are all connected, and how all have been affected by the economic downturn.