Iceland: angry protestors gate-crash national TV show...

For more than two decades, the leaders of Iceland's political parties have met every New Year's Eve over champagne and spiced herring to discuss the year ahead on Iceland's Channel 2 television.

But this year's show with Prime Minister Geir Haarde was cut short 45 minutes into the program when a torch-wielding crowd stormed Reykjavik's Hotel Borg in an attempt to get to the studio.

Protesters inside and outside the hotel clashed with police, who fired pepper spray to disperse the crowd. Some demonstrators threw water balloons, while others tossed firecrackers. More...

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