Falklands to hold referendum on status

by: From correspondents in London From: AFP June 13, 2012

THE Falkland Islands will hold a referendum on its political status in the first half of 2013, the British ruled territory's government has announced.

"We have decided, with the full support of the British government, to hold a referendum on the Falkland Islands to eliminate any possible doubt about our wishes," Gavin Short, chairman of the Falklands' legislative assembly, said today.

The government said the island did not wish to be ruled by Argentina.

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