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Iceland pins hopes on financial outsider

By Andrew Ward

Published: October 28 2009 17:05 | Last updated: October 28 2009 17:05

Angry Icelanders demonstrate weekly against the governmentGetty
Cloudy skies: angry Icelanders demonstrate weekly against the government. They want to see bankers held accountable for the financial crisis

Search for pictures of Olafur Hauksson on Google and the first one shows him dressed in a camouflage outfit proudly clutching a 12-pound rainbow trout beside a stream in Iceland.

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