Do you know the meaning of fair-weather friends? Iceland now does. Its traditional Western European friends didn't lend the country money. It has to turn to Russia instead. The poles are shifting. I picked this from a news report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7657407.stm "We have not received the kind of support that we were requesting from our friends. So in a situation like that, one has to look for new friends," Mr Haarde (Icelandic Prime Minister) said. |
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