Iceland walks out of 2.3bn debt amends talks

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Talks with Iceland over the amends of �2.3 billion in debts to the UK collapsed last night after member of the uneasy North Atlantic island walked out of negoiations in London.

The relapse in discourse equates to that Iceland will hold a referendum subsequent week on the strange amends understanding of money due to Britain and the Netherlands as a outcome of the 2008 fall of Landsbanki, the bank at the behind of the Icesave internet assets account.

Polls indicate that it will outcome in a resounding "no" vote. The UK is looking �2.3 billion and the Netherlands €1.33 billion (�1.16 billion) behind from Reykjavik.

Negotiators pronounced that Iceland had been offering a two-year seductiveness legal holiday value about �400 million.

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Also on the list was a new floating seductiveness rate on the debt, formed on Libor and 2.75 per cent, that would have represented a poignant cut on the 5.5 per cent being charged at present.

The awaiting of a "no" opinion on Mar 6 threatens the upsurge of assist to Icelands shop-worn economy and raises fears that the nation could default on the obligations.

Fitch and Standard Poors have both warned that disaster to reach an Icesave understanding could lead to a downgrade.