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Britain and Argentina’s sovereignty standoff

Updated 10:42 AM EDT, Tue March 12, 2013
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British Royal Navy frigate HMS Antelope explodes in the bay of San Carlos off East Falkland during the 1982 Falklands conflict.
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British Royal Navy frigate HMS Antelope explodes in the bay of San Carlos off East Falkland during the 1982 Falklands conflict.
British troops arriving in the Falklands Islands during the 1982 Falklands conflict.
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British troops arriving in the Falklands Islands during the 1982 Falklands conflict.
A line of British soldiers in camouflage advancing during the 1982 Falklands conflict.
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A line of British soldiers in camouflage advancing during the 1982 Falklands conflict.
Britain's Prince William is deployed to the Falkland Islands on a six-week tour of duty as a search and rescue helicopter pilot.
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Britain's Prince William is deployed to the Falkland Islands on a six-week tour of duty as a search and rescue helicopter pilot.
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David Cameron has accused Argentina of "colonial" attitudes towards the Falklands.
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David Cameron has accused Argentina of "colonial" attitudes towards the Falklands.
Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has asserted her country's sovereignty of <em>Las Malvinas.</em>
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Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has asserted her country's sovereignty of Las Malvinas.
A man stands next to a map of the Falkland Islands reading 'They are Argentinian' during a demonstration in front of the British embassy in Buenos Aires in January.
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A man stands next to a map of the Falkland Islands reading 'They are Argentinian' during a demonstration in front of the British embassy in Buenos Aires in January.
Argentinian activists burn a Union Jack during a demonstration in front of the British embassy in Buenos Aires in January.
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Argentinian activists burn a Union Jack during a demonstration in front of the British embassy in Buenos Aires in January.
Argentinian war veterans and relatives march with torches in Buenos Aires during the 28th anniversary of the 1982 conflict.
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Argentinian war veterans and relatives march with torches in Buenos Aires during the 28th anniversary of the 1982 conflict.
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher meets personnel aboard the HMS Antrim during a visit to the Falkands in 1983.
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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher meets personnel aboard the HMS Antrim during a visit to the Falkands in 1983.
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her husband Denis, left,  visit Stanley Junior School, Stanley on the Falkland Islands in 1983.
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British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her husband Denis, left, visit Stanley Junior School, Stanley on the Falkland Islands in 1983.
Pictured in 1980, leaders of Argentina (left to right): President General Jorge Rafael Videl, Admiral Armando Lambruschini , General Leopoldo Galtieri and Brig Gen O Domingo Graffigna.
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Pictured in 1980, leaders of Argentina (left to right): President General Jorge Rafael Videl, Admiral Armando Lambruschini , General Leopoldo Galtieri and Brig Gen O Domingo Graffigna.
Sukey Cameron hands in a petition at Downing Street demanding full British citizenship to 300 Falkland islanders whose grandparents were not born in Britain, 25th September 1981.
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Sukey Cameron hands in a petition at Downing Street demanding full British citizenship to 300 Falkland islanders whose grandparents were not born in Britain, 25th September 1981.

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