Voters in Iceland have overwhelmingly rejected proposals to pay the UK and the Netherlands in the wake of collapse of the Icesave bank.

冰岛选民以压倒性的投票驳回了因冰储银行倒闭而赔偿英国和荷兰的提议。

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A report in Morgunbladid, a national newspaper, claimed that relative to Iceland's size, the debt to Icesave depositors is bigger than the reparations demanded of Germany by the Treaty of Versailles.

一份冰岛的全国性报纸Morgunbladid声称，相对于冰岛的经济规模，冰岛欠下“冰存”储户的债务比《凡尔赛条约》中要求德国偿还的还要多。

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Yet by mid-week it seemed unlikely that the parliament would accept the Icesave deal unconditionally.

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The UK and the Netherlands say they are owed the money following the collapse of Icelandic savings bank Icesave.

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The Local Government Association wants the same blanket guarantee for councils as for personal customers of IceSave and other banks.

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