• China slams Nobel prize as 'political theatre'
• Nobel: 'Liu has only exercised his civil rights'
• EU calls on China to free Liu Xiaobo 'immediately'
• Obama tells China to release Liu ASAP
• Nobel peace ceremony hails Liu amid China fury

Defying Chinese outrage, exiled dissidents, ambassadors from dozens of countries, Norwegian royals and other dignitaries will gather around an empty chair Friday to hail absent Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo.

• Obama tells China to release Liu ASAP
• More countries lining up for Nobel ceremony
• China blocks foreign media ahead of Nobel award

• Hundreds protest outside China UN office
• China blocks foreign media ahead of Nobel award

China steps up its criticism of the Oslo-based Nobel committee.

• 'Overwhelming majority' dislike Nobel decision, China say

"We will be flying 35 percent of our flights, and carrying 48 percent of our passengers," Finnair said as it grounded another 200 flights.

• Finnair cancels more flights as strike expands

Iceland managed its economic crisis better than Ireland by not rescuing its bloated bank sector with ruinous loans.

• Iceland makes eighth interest rate cut this year

China still furious over Nobel Prize to dissident Liu Xiaobo.

Angry former WikiLeaks members are preparing to launch an alternative to the whistle-blower website.

• The story of WikiLeaks' Julian Assange, the elusive whistleblower
• WikiLeaks under cyber attack - again
• WikiLeaks 'making world less safe': Sweden's FM
• U.S. to hunt down WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange
• Assange appeals Swedish arrest warrant - again

Icelanders voted Saturday for dozens of ordinary people who will draft a new constitution, amid enduring public anger towards the political elite over the collapse of the country's major banks.

• Swedish green dollars at Cleantech Venture Day
• 'Climate bad boy' urges billions on clean tech