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Greenland Votes for Self-Rule

Danish territory wants to control own police force, oil fields

By Katherine Thompson,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 26, 2008 10:52 AM CST

(Newser) – Three-fourths of the Greenlanders who voted in yesterday’s referendum on self-rule want more autonomy from Denmark, Time reports. The historic vote—which must still be adopted by parliaments in Copenhagen and Nuuk—puts the world’s largest island on the path to becoming the...   Read full story »

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