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Tue 11 Nov 2008Iceland to receive $5 billion from IMF loan scheme

ICELAND’S GOVERNMENT said yesterday it will get $5 billion (€3.93 billion) in an International Monetary Fund-led loan program, $1 billion less than it had previously estimated it would receive.

“The latest review indicates that the $6 billion was over-estimated,” prime minister Geir Haarde said.