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REYKJAVIK : Icelanders on Saturday massively rejected a deal to pay Britain and the Netherlands billions for their losses in the collapse of the Icesave bank, the government said after partial referendum results.
Some 93.1 percent of voters cast ballots opposing the deal, the partial results showed after 32 percent of ballots were counted, said RUV public broadcaster which compiles all electoral statistics.
Only 1.6 percent of voters so far voted "yes" to the Icesave deal.
"Initial figures indicate clearly that the December amendment to the Icesave legislation of August 2009 will be repealed," the government said in a statement just minutes after polling stations closed at 2200 GMT.
Icelanders were asked to vote on whether the country should honour an agreement to repay Britain and the Netherlands 3.9 billion euros (5.3 billion dollars).
This would be to compensate them for money they paid to 340,000 of their citizens hit by the collapse of Icesave in 2008. Events leading to Iceland bank payout referendum
- AFP /ls
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