Iceland top in happy citizen table


	Iceland top in happy citizen table

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/805afe92-415c-46be-922c-8ebf8207ce43/1C4C371F-2DFF-4BE0-9A72-F14D9385D278/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://environment.guardian.co.uk/ethicalliving/story/0,,2127516,00.html" href="http://environment.guardian.co.uk/ethicalliving/story/0,,2127516,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">environment.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.guardian.co.uk/ethicalliving/story/0,,2127516,00.html"><H1>Iceland ranks top in happy citizen table</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.guardian.co.uk/ethicalliving/story/0,,2127516,00.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/environment.guardian.co.uk/img/E2876295-C2A9-4245-B045-246B4D5E2D7A" alt="Rejkjavik, Iceland" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.guardian.co.uk/ethicalliving/story/0,,2127516,00.html"><FONT size="1" face="Geneva,Arial,sans-serif">Iceland shows that happiness does not have to come at a great cost<BR /> </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.guardian.co.uk/ethicalliving/story/0,,2127516,00.html"><TD></TD><TD valign="top" height="1"><A name="content"></A><DIV id="GuardianArticle">
       <H1>Iceland ranks top in happy citizen table</H1>
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<B>Duncan Campbell<BR />Monday    July      16, 2007<BR /><A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk" linkindex="24">The Guardian</A></B>
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<IMG width="372" height="192" border="0" alt="Rejkjavik, Iceland" src="http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Travel/Pix/pictures/2004/06/15/reykjavik372.jpg" /><BR /><FONT size="1" face="Geneva,Arial,sans-serif">Iceland shows that happiness does not have to come at a great cost<BR /> </FONT><BR /><BR /> <DIV id="GuardianArticleBody">Iceland is the leader in a league table judging the European country best able to give citizens a long and happy life.</DIV></DIV></TD></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.guardian.co.uk/ethicalliving/story/0,,2127516,00.html"><P>The European Happy Planet Index used carbon efficiency, life satisfaction and life expectancy to rate the countries. The survey, published by the New Economics Foundation and Friends of the Earth, reveals that Europe is now worse at creating well-being than it was 40 years ago.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.guardian.co.uk/ethicalliving/story/0,,2127516,00.html">
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