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Date: 22/05/2013
Request comes four days after the country was re-inscribed into the UN list of non self-governing territories · Flosse will ask Hollande to call the vote · Pro-autonomy leader believes that a clear "no" majority will bury demands for independence
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Date: 21/05/2013
Decision by the UN General Assembly opens the door, in theory, to the holding of a self-determination referendum in the French overseas territory · Other similar dossiers have been frozen for years · Current pro-autonomy Polynesian Government against UN resolution
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Date: 21/05/2013
Ríos Montt conviction on charges of genocide cancelled
Guatemalan Constitutional Court accepts appeal by the defense of former dictator, states that new trial must be held · De facto Guatemalan president from 1982 to 1983 had been convicted for the murder of 1,771 Mayan Ixils
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Date: 08/05/2013
Polynesian government to stop decolonisation bid after landslide autonomist victory in election
Gaston Flosse wins absolute majority, promises to seek withdrawal of resolution that asks the UN to register Polynesia as a non-self-governing territory · Pro-independence UPLD suffers heavy loses amid of economic crisis
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Date: 15/04/2013
Civil movement to call for self-government, nationhood for Malaysia's Sarawak
SSN wants the territory to have law-making powers, raise taxes, control own natural resources · Sovereignist movement argues Sarawak is one of three constituent nations of Malaysia · Sarawak Chief Minister Taib against any move: union brought "stability and peace" · International organizations accuse Taib of corruption, deforestation, "skirting laws and taxes"
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Date: 13/03/2013
Greenland gives power back to former ruling party
Siumut plans to introduce more taxes to foreign mining companies, wants to limit arrival of guest workers · Ruling IA party had passed a law that could bring 2,300 foreign workers to mine iron ore in 2015 · Siumut success could open new expectations for uranium mining
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Date: 12/03/2013
Falklanders near unanimously vote for retaining UK overseas status
99.8% of islanders oppose changing current situation · Cameron: Argentina should take "careful note" of the vote · Buenos Aires to issue refusal statement, argues Falklanders are not entitled to any collective "democratic right"
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Date: 05/03/2013
"Large sections of the population of South Yemen favor independence"
INTERVIEW. Professor Stephen W. Day specializes in Yemen and says "it is difficult to imagine a full revival of the old South" because of social and political changes undergone since unification with the North in 1990 · Yemen president proposes a federal model with five self-governing regions; he risks being branded a "traitor to the nation", Day warns
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Date: 18/02/2013
NEWS IN BRIEF. Senator Richard Tuheiava admits the proposal "will be rejected"
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Date: 14/02/2013
Zimbabwe one step closer to devolution, official multilingualism in new Constitution
Constitutional committee hands out proposal to Parliament · Text gives official status to 16 languages and establishes 10 regional assemblies, which may receive legislative devolved powers · National referendum could be held next month
