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April 27, 2009

Leftists Win Election in Iceleand
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A coalition of leftist parties has won control of Iceland’s government
for the first time in the country’s history. The coalition between the
Social Democratic Alliance and the Left Green Movement took thirty-four
seats in the sixty-three-member parliament. The previous government in
Iceland fell after the country’s economy collapsed. The IMF is
predicting Iceland’s economy will shrink by about ten percent this year.



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