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  • proper noun The Falkland Islands

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  • Britain has occupied the islands, which it calls the Falklands, since the early 1800s and has ruled out any concessions.

    chron.com Chronicle 2010

  • Claims mercenary in Falklands, necklace of "ears ..." (testified under oath)

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • Background on RFA Sir Galahad British humanitarian supply ship (replaced a ship lost in Falklands).

    Archive 2003-03-01 liz donovan 2003

  • Needless to say, it is difficult to see how the longstanding territorial dispute between Britain and Argentina over the Falklands, which is now being exacerbated by oil rivalry, will increase environmental protection for local penguins.

    Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Governments Fear Environmentalists Nikolas Kozloff 2011

  • Needless to say, it is difficult to see how the longstanding territorial dispute between Britain and Argentina over the Falklands, which is now being exacerbated by oil rivalry, will increase environmental protection for local penguins.

    Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Governments Fear Environmentalists Nikolas Kozloff 2011

  • P.J. Crowley, then the State Department's spokesman, expressed the new neutral stance of the U.S. by referring to the Falklands and then adding, with his usual ostentation, "or the Malvinas"—the Argentinian name—"depending on how you look at it."

    The Republican Who Can Win Dorothy Rabinowitz 2011

  • Needless to say, it is difficult to see how the longstanding territorial dispute between Britain and Argentina over the Falklands, which is now being exacerbated by oil rivalry, will increase environmental protection for local penguins.

    Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Governments Fear Environmentalists Nikolas Kozloff 2011

  • Needless to say, it is difficult to see how the longstanding territorial dispute between Britain and Argentina over the Falklands, which is now being exacerbated by oil rivalry, will increase environmental protection for local penguins.

    Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: Governments Fear Environmentalists Nikolas Kozloff 2011

  • Sovereignty The rush to find new reserves brings potentially explosive political issues to the fore and the Falklands is a case in point.

    Falkland Oil and Gas shares plunge after its Toroa well proves empty 2010

  • Hanging on to the Falklands is a drain on resources without end.

    Ditch the Falklands Peter Preston 2010

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