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• Iceland ex-PM convicted on 1 of 5 bank charges

  -- The leader of Iceland's government when the nation's banking system collapsed was convicted Monday of one criminal charge, cleared on four others and faces no punishment, a special court announced.The court also said the state would pay Geir Haarde's expenses   Read more »

• Of Monsters and Men: Iceland cometh

  Monsters and Men take the sonics of Arcade Fire and the psychedelic, earth -loving images of their Icelandic homeland and mold them into something gorgeous and uplifting on their debut, "My Head Is an Animal" (Universal Republic). On "Mountain Sound," the   Read more »

• Solar storms join floods, terrorism as risks to UK

  is classified.Volcanic eruptions have been added to the list since the last edition in 2010. Ash from the April 2010 eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano grounded European air travel for days.But the British government says a more serious risk is   Read more »

• Summary Box: Iceland's ex-PM claims innocence

  NEWS: Iceland's former prime minister rejected charges he failed to adequately protect his country's economy from financial shocks as he took the stand in the first criminal trial of a world leader to result from the 2008 financial crisis.THE DEFENSE: Haarde   Read more »

• Iceland's Ex-PM prepares to face trial over crisis

  that left the world teetering on the edge of financial disarray.Geir Haarde became a symbol of the get-rich bubble economy for Icelanders who lost their jobs and homes after the country's main commercial bank collapsed, sending its currency into a nosedive   Read more »

Around the web

• "Undiscovered gem" handball set to turn heads

  center stage on Wednesday when the men's draw for the Olympic tournament pitted holders France against surprise 2008 finalists Iceland. In the women's competition, world, Olympic and European champions Norway were grouped with 2008 bronze medallists South 4:56 AM from China Daily Read more »

• Icelandair selects Row 44 to offer fleet wide Wi-Fi

  shop in-flight specials, research and book local services at their destination on their own Wi-Fi-enabled devices. Icelandair and Row 44 expect to begin fleet installation in the fourth quarter. We welcome comments that add value to the discussion. We attempt 4:46 AM from Telecom Paper Read more »

• Album Reviews: Album of the week: June 1: Sigur Ros ****

  an antidote to the increasingly frothy pop machine, look no further than Iceland's Sigur Ros and their hypnotic sixth studio album, which has been almost a decade in the making. We are looking to our readers to give us valuable feedback through a series of 4:41 AM from The Daily Record Read more »

• France's 20-game unbeaten run has sealed their status as Euro 2012 dark horses

  running out comfortable 2-0 winners at the Stade Auguste-Delaune. There was little of the drama of Sunday’s match against Iceland, with Laurent Blanc’s side starting in electric fashion, going 2-0 up with barely half an hour played. For the remainder of the 4:39 AM from Goal.com Read more »

• International friendly: France 2 Serbia 0

  a 2-0 win in an international friendly with Serbia on Thursday. Laurent Blanc made seven changes from the side that limped past Iceland on Sunday, and his wholesale changes were justified by a vibrant first-half performance at the Stade Auguste-Delaune in 5/31/12 from Soccer News Read more »