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...elected to Parliament. As Minister of Social Affairs she became known for refusing the official limousine and driver provided to all Ministers, opting to drive her Mitsubishi to work. "I don't think she's going to be the country's savior," says Einar Magnússon, a 34-year-old electrician, "but after the condescension and sheer arrogance we've seen in the outgoing leadership, it's refreshing to hear someone real talk to us." (Watch a TIME video, "In Iceland, Frozen Accounts, Boiling Assets...
...also rich in natural wonders, and opponents of the massive development scheme think Kárahnjúkar will squander some of that wealth for insufficient economic benefit. "We have serious doubts about the old-fashioned industrialist thought" behind the project, says Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, a Left-Green Movement member of the Althingi, the Icelandic parliament, and one of a handful of legislators who opposed the Kárahnjúkar project. "We have to do something to reverse the trend of people moving away to seek work, but is this a good solution...
...massive Vatnajökull National Park adjoining the Kárahnjúkar project in the glacial highlands, a move Alcoa and environmentalists support. The park could be as large as 5,275 sq km, 50% bigger than Europe's current No. 1, Norway's Hardangervidda. Sigfússon, who's also a geologist, is convinced the dam project is environmentally unsound. Pointing to the planned relocation of a glacial waterfall and the damming of sediment-carrying glacial rivers, he warns that "a huge plateau of silt" will eventually form around the large dam that, together with dust from normal...
...leading Demjanjuk's legalfight--his son-in-law, Ed Nishnic, and Demjanjuk'sson, John Jr.--say they have not yet consideredasking for disciplinary action against Ryan andother Justice Department lawyers...
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