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Argentina's foreign minister calls for talks, says Islanders cannot decide sovereignty
Argentina's foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, has reaffirmed his country's claim to the Falklands in a lengthy article published in the newspaper La Nación, in which he rejected the validity of the 2013 referendum and argued that sovereignty over the archipelago...
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Politics
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Agriculture
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Environment
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Entertainment
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Health & Science
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Tourism
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