THE HAGUE/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Leaders from across Iceland's political spectrum met Dutch and British ministers on Friday over more than $5 billion in "Icesave" bad bank debts, but the talks ended with no signs of progress. The Dutch and Icelandic finance ministries said that "parties exchanged views" at The Hague talks on the dispute surrounding losses on online accounts ...

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland has approached several governments about the possibility of mediating talks on the more than $5 billion its owes to Britain and the Netherlands after the island's banking crisis, Icelandic media reported on Sunday. Channel 2 television, without citing sources, said Norway was the most likely candidate for such a role. Oslo is seen as sympathetic to ...

Researchers on Sunday said they had identified more than a dozen genes that help modulate heart rate, a finding that one day may lead to smarter cardiac drugs. Three teams, working separately, netted the genes after comparing the DNA codes of tens of thousands of people of European and Indian descent. The genes control electrical impulses that drive the muscles ...

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Nearly a quarter of Icelandic voters have signed a petition asking their president to veto a bill on repaying $5 billion lost by British and Dutch savers when the island's banks collapsed, organizers said on Saturday. The petition also called on President Olaf Ragnar Grimsson to call a referendum on an issue which has aroused resentment that ...