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Iceland holds parliamentary elections today

Iceland holds parliamentary elections today. Polls show the opposition led by the anti-establishment Pirate Party could topple the current centre-right ruling coalition. <br/><br/>Icelanders' faith in their political and financial establishment was shaken after the 2008 financial crisis and further eroded this year when several senior government figures were named in the Panama Papers.<br/><br/>The biggest protests in the country's history ultimately led to the resignation of Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson of the Progressive Party and the early election.

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