August 19, 2005

Jón Ásgeir Jóhannesson’s credit card debts cited in the charges against him were paid with a promissory note in May 2002 shortly after an abrupt internal audit of Baugur’s books took place, reports Icelandic Broadcasting Service, RÚV.

The last minke whale, in a 2005 quota of 39 whales, was caught on Wednesday.

The unofficial Fischer Random Chess Computer World Championships for software programs commenced at Reykjavík University yesterday afternoon.