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Cameron: Respect Falklands Vote

CAN'T WE GET ALONG?

After unanimous call to stay British.

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Islanders host the "Proud to be British" parade on Falkland Islands on March 10. (Tony Chater/AFP/Getty)

It’s easy to say when you’re on the winning side. British Prime Minister David Cameron said that Argentina should respect the Falkland Islands’ nearly unanimous vote to stay British. Calling it the “clearest possible result,” Cameron vowed that Britain would always fight for the island. Argentina was trying to claim the territory as its own, only 31 years after waging war with England. Don’t tell any of this to Argentina’s president, Cristina Fernández—she thinks the referendum is hogwash.

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