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03/21/2005: "Bobby Fischer: ich bin ein Icelander!"

21.03.2005 At 5:06 p.m. today the Icelandic Althingi, has granted former world chess champion Bobby Fischer full citizenship as an Icelander. The world's oldest existing democratic parliament, despite stern U.S. diplomatic warnings, voted 40 in favour and two abstentions to make Fischer a full citizen. The readings took just 12 minutes.