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Stories for March 18th 2013

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 07:04 UTC

  “Argentina should accept the near-unanimity of the Falklanders”

  

  Canada’s Globe and Mail had an editorial on the Falklands referendum.
  Not since the halcyon days of the Soviet Union has a vote been so lopsided, but there was no fraud or coercion. Ninety-two per-cent turnout; over 98% support for the Falkland Islands to retain its status as a British Overseas Territory.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 06:58 UTC

  Poll shows for 52% of Britons involvement in Iraq war damaged UK reputation

  

  More than half of Britons have said the UK's involvement in the Iraq war damaged the country's reputation around the world, a new poll has found. On the 10th anniversary of the invasion, the survey by King's College London (KCL) and Ipsos Mori showed that some 52% said the war had damaged UK's standing.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 06:50 UTC

  Malvinas Islands claim, an act of “epic stupidity” says El Pais from Madrid

  

  John Carlin, the British writer and journalist who works for Spain’s leading newspaper El Pais, with a high degree of irony strongly criticized Argentina’s claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands as an ‘epic idiocy’.