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Ads in Iceland said to belittle women

FROSTY RECEPTION Suggestive commercials by the nation's airline that critics claim are sexist are now the subject of a human rights lawsuit

AFP , REYKJAVIK, ICELAND I

The company declined to comment on the allegations, but said previously that it welcomed the chance of a "civilized discussion."

Spokesman Gudjon Arngrimsson told Icelandic daily Morgunbladid recently that the company was the victim of a "slander campaign" after Icelandic feminists called for a boycott of Icelandair.

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