Iceland's government 'on brink of collapse'

Iceland's government is scrambling to avoid becoming the first administration to be ousted by the global financial crisis as protests against Prime Minister Geir Haarde and his government's handling of the crisis - which has brought Iceland to the brink of national bankruptcy - erupted into violence.

Stand-off: riot police stand face-to-face with about 2000 demonstrators outside the Althing in Reykjavik last night
Stand-off: riot police stand face-to-face with about 2000 demonstrators outside the Althing in Reykjavik last night
Published 22 January 2009, 11:42Updated 10 October 2016, 13:28
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