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Islanders Win Bid to Return

UK subjects, forced out by US military 30 years ago, prevail in legal battle

By Greg Atwan,  Newser User

Posted May 23, 2007 2:01 PM CDT

(Newser) – Thousands of Indian Ocean islanders will be allowed to return home 30 years after being forced out to make room for a US air base, a British court ruled today. The court said the British government acted unlawfully when it expelled the Chagos archipelago residents...   Read full story »

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