By Gwladys Fouche REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's soccer team are helping to bring back national pride and unity to the country having qualified for this month's European Championship finals in France. With a population of 332,000 -- about the size of English city Leicester, the home of the Premier League's surprise champions -- Iceland is the smallest nation ever to qualify for the Euros. The national team is now so popular that an estimated 10 percent of Icelanders -- about 30,000 people -- are expected to travel to France to support them.
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