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Iceland Shivers From Financial Crisis

Iceland could become the first "national bankruptcy" of the global financial crisis. The nation's currency has lost nearly half of its value and banks are collapsing under the heavy debt.

Tom Braithwaite, a reporter for the Financial Times, talks with Ari Shapiro about Iceland's financial mess.

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