Falkland islanders embrace the UK in vote
(03-12 09:53)
Falkland Islanders voted overwhelmingly in favor of remaining a British oversees territory in a referendum designed to send a strong message to Argentina, which earlier derided the poll as illegal.
Some 92 percent of the islands' 1,672 eligible voters turned out to deliver a 98.8 percent “yes’’ vote in favor of staying an internally self-governing British territory, official figures revealed, AFP reports.
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