Iceland Sours on Austerity as Pre-Crisis Parties Close on Power
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Icelanders, burdened by more than four years of hardship, are poised to oust the government and return to power the parties that steered the island through a banking-led boom that ended in economic ruin 2008.
Voters in the 322,000-people North Atlantic island nation head to the polls today, with a preliminary result expected after the voting ends at 10 p.m. local time.