21 Mar 05
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4370119.stm
Former world chess champion Bobby Fischer has been granted Icelandic citizenship after a vote in the country's parliament.
Mr Fischer, 62, has been on the run from the US for more than 10 years for violating economic sanctions in a match he played in former Yugoslavia in 1992.
Japan, where Mr Fischer is being held, has said it will not deport him to the US if Iceland grants him citizenship.
Mr Fischer beat Soviet Boris Spassky for the world title in Iceland in 1972.