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November, 2008 Peaceful protest - in the weekly protests in Iceland Today there was the weekly protest in Reykjavik. The weather was good ,clear skies ,but extremenly cold -minus 4 on the celcius and windy. In the end of the protest ,some protesters fired up some fireworks behind the parliement building. The police was very friendly . People aree still angry ,and the speakers demanded ,that the govermnet stopgiving relatives and friends top jobs in the govermnet. They said that the corruption is in the extreme here in Iceland. Open goverment ,is what the people want ,they said. 
November, 2008 Protest in Reykjavik - icelandAfter the peacful protest today in Reykjavik - against the govermnet and banks - people where told to go to the head police station in Reykjavik and demand the release of one prisoner.
The guy who hanged the Bonus flag on the Parliemnet building the protest a few saturdays ago. He was arrested when he was on a university science trip . He got known and the police arrested him., He had a fine or prison sentence on him since he as protesting the Karahnjukur damn project. People attacke the police station tonight and broke windows and the front door. Then they where peppersprayed and the police got the out - and stood outside in full riot gear . People threw eggs at the police. And a couple of hours later - the prisoner was let go . A unknown man payed his fine - and told the guy in prison ,that if he would not accept that he payed the fine - then people would get hurt. The guy accepted - and told people outside - that next - it would be revolution.
November, 2008 Protest iceland last saturday Another protest was held today in downtown Reykjavik. Mostly peaceful
,and the same demands as before - Election as soon as possible and new
governors at the Icelandic Central Bank. It is cold here - around the
minus,on the celcius. But there where around ten thousand people
downtown.
But toilet paper was thrown at the parliement building and also eggs and tomatos People gave the few policemen that where downtown ,flowers and where very kind to them. This financial crisis is also hurting them. 
 November, 2008 Police and protesters in Reykjavik IcelandYesterday , a few thousand people protested downtown in Reykjavik ,Iceland.
People nearly surrounded the Parliement bulding. Mototcycles where the in force - and when they where asked to leave the are,the showed the power of the motorbikes ,and filled the area with smoke. Aggresive protesters ,put a flag on the building ,marked - BONUS - that is the flag of cheap food stores in ICeland owned by Jon Asgeir Johannesson ,the owner of the other media in Iceland, Channel 2 ( www.stod2.is ) People are getting very angry at the goverment and the Icelandic central bank . Eggs and tomatos where where used to hit the paeliement building. According to local news ,no arrests where made.
November, 2008 Reykjavik today in November 2008Hi all. Another week has passed - and things are not getting better here in Iceland. People are planning another protest meeting downtown today. But here i add a few photos wich i took last summer and last year. Hope you like them.     November, 2008 Iceland protest in Reykjavik Few thousand people gathered today in front of the Icelandic
Parliement building ,to protest. They where demanding that the goverment resign and the Icelandic Central bank ,change the men that control it.More and more people are getting unemployed.Truckers that where protesting last spring - took part in the protest today and used the horns to let people know that they where there .And people dont like the local press theses days - in the local news web pages - they say that there where 6 hundred or 1000 people at the protest - but the foreign press tell us that there where a few thousand. 
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