Head of the Directorate of Labor Gissur Pétursson said 20 of the 29 foreign-born workers, who were in a bus accident in east Iceland on Sunday, are not legally registered in the country.
Pétursson also claimed that legally obligated tariffs had not been paid in relation to some of the workers’ salaries this year, Fréttabladid reports.
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Taliban militants agreed today to free 19 South Korean church volunteers held hostage for more than a month after Seoul agreed to end all missionary work and keep a promise to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year.
The agreement, reached in direct talks between Taliban negotiators and South Korean officials meeting [...]

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A strong earthquake has hit fire-ravaged southern Greece.
The Athens Geodynamic Institute says it had a magnitude of five.

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A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a group of NATO troops helping to build a bridge in eastern Afghanistan today, killing three soldiers and wounding six others, the alliance said in a statement.
The bomber was also killed in the blast, the statement said. NATO did not disclose the nationalities of the victims or [...]

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Authorities in Greece have intensified efforts to find out what caused forest fires that have left more than 60 dead.
Anti-terrorist squads have been questioning some of the 32 suspected arsonists arrested so far, as new fires continue to break out around Greece.
A state of emergency has been declared and a 1m euro (£678,000) reward has [...]

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A Turkish deputy from Tansu Ciller’s True Path Party (DYP) yesterday revealed that Turkish paramilitary organizations are responsible for arson fires in Greece’s islands while, at the same time, an article published in the pro-government Turkish daily “Yeni Safak” provocatively boasted in its title: “We Burned Rhodes.”
According to the DYP deputy Sedat Bucak, the perpetrator [...]

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A former Soviet Communist Party official in Estonia has been charged with genocide for his alleged role in deportations to Siberian labour camps.
Arnold Meri, who is now 88, was a highly-decorated soldier in the Soviet Red Army, and is a cousin of the Baltic state’s late President, Lennart Meri.
He is said to have organised the [...]

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Trade and climate are set to be key topics for German Chancellor Angela Merkel as she starts a visit to China.
China’s economy has grown considerably in recent years, but its development has also caused a significant rise in pollution including greenhouse gases.
The chancellor will meet China’s President Hu Jintao as well as Premier Wen Jiabao [...]

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Nice to see the immigrants show their gratitude to their hosts who let them in and gave them free houses/food/money etc
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