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# falklands - Monday 8 April, 2013
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# falklands - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
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Falkland Islands residents vote to remain affiliated to Britain
1,513 people voted to keep the islands as a UK overseas territory – while only three said they wanted to break away.
# falklands - Sunday 10 March, 2013
Falkland Islands voting in referendum on British status
The result is not in doubt but the scale of the ‘yes’ vote will be closely watched as a sign of the Falklanders’ strength of feeling about remaining British.
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# falklands - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
‘Falklands will be ours in 20 years’, says Argentine minister
His comments come amid a war of words before residents go to the polls in March to say whether they want the archipelago to remain a British overseas territory.
# falklands - Friday 4 January, 2013
‘The Sun’ places ad in Argentinian paper defending Falklands policy
The tabloid has advertised in an English-language newspaper telling Argentina’s president: ‘Hands off.’
# falklands - Thursday 3 January, 2013
British PM refuses demands to return Falkland Islands to Argentina
David Cameron has today dismissed a renewed call by Argentine President Cristina Kirchner for Britain to return the disputed Falkland Islands.
# falklands - Saturday 29 December, 2012
Falklands War: Irish response to Belgrano sinking drew British anger
One of the most controversial incidents of the Falklands War saw a change in the Irish government’s approach to the conflict and a considerable backlash from the British media and public.
# falklands - Friday 28 December, 2012
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RTÉ admitted ‘massive blunder’ over BBC arrangement during Falklands conflict
The Government was worried that an arrangement between RTÉ and BBC could lead to a national embarrassment.
30 years ago: Guinness contemplated cutting the Irish connection
The recent Falkands War and the IRA bombing campaign had led to a “resistance to the Irish angle”.
After Falklands invasion, Thatcher sought Haughey’s ‘urgent help’
Suggestions that Ireland would not support British efforts to ostracise Argentina after its invasion of the Falklands in April 1982 were met with warnings from diplomats in London.
# falklands - Sunday 8 July, 2012
Column: The British government is facing separation anxiety
But this isn’t about Ireland for a change as the Falklands and Scotland look to upcoming referendums on their future, writes David McCann from the University of Ulster.
# falklands - Tuesday 12 June, 2012
Falkland Islands to hold referendum in bid to end UK-Argentina dispute
The chairman of the island’s assembly said that residents of the British Overseas Territory wanted to make it clear once and for all that they wished to maintain the status quo, against Argentina’s wishes.
# falklands - Saturday 3 March, 2012
Morrissey weighs in on Falklands debate
The former Smiths frontman told Argentinian fans that the islands “belong” to them.
# falklands - Friday 24 February, 2012
Sean Penn wades in on Falklands row and accuses Britain of ‘intimidation’
That’s Sean Penn the actor and aid ambassador…
# falklands - Saturday 11 February, 2012
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# falklands - Wednesday 8 February, 2012
Argentina to complain to UN over UK ‘militarisation’ in Falklands region
There has been increasing tensions between the two countries over the disputed islands in recent months.
# falklands - Tuesday 7 February, 2012
Top Argentine football league renamed in honour of sunk Belgrano warship
The Argentinian government owns the rights to First Division matches and shows games on free-to-air TV.
# falklands - Thursday 26 January, 2012
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