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Iceland

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Experiencing Iceland with Elder – Iceland|

WikiLeaks activists in Iceland are discussing with government officials there the possibility of asylum for Edward J Snowden, former National Security Agency contractor who disclosed hundreds of classified documents on American surveillance; WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says legal and practical obstacles are under review by Snowden’s lawyers and supporters.|

Reborn was how I felt after that afternoon lounging around an Icelandic hot spring. I thought it a good idea to establish Iceland as some type of world mediator where heads of state could bring their political grumblings, submerge together into one of these pools and end up burying the hatchet. There was indeed more than Icelandic men there that day. I watched what seemed to be my own private Miss Universe competition (bathing suit segment) – the contestants would make their way out of the women’s locker room, each more stunning than the last. At that point I couldn’t tell whether my own feelings of unworthiness was the reason I couldn’t bring myself to strike up a conversation, or a recognizing form of eye and body language which signaled to my intuitive self, “don’t bother buddy”. Nevertheless, I took the path of least rejection and found contentment in observation.|

In 2013, after two years of no fin whaling, Iceland was reported to have killed 134 fin whales and 38 minke whales.|

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