Iceland: the land of cool turns bitter

(Times Online): The doughty Icelanders know that they have only squatters’ rights on their volcanic island. White steam hisses and spumes its way through the thincrust of the earth; nature seems to be constantly irritated. Now, though, the feeling on this tiny, angry island goes beyond physical geography. The eruption in the global financial markets has hit Icelanders in an elemental way. Go to article