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Mining proponents win Greenland election
2013-03-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Greenland is poised to get its first female prime minister after a centrist party that supports tapping the Arctic island's vast mineral wealth, including uranium, won national elections, a complete vote count showed Wednesday. With all votes counted, Aleqa Hammond's centrist Siumut party won 42.8 percent and 14 seats, while incumbent Premier Kuupik Kleist's left-leaning Inuit Ataqatigiit mustered 34.4 percent. The social democratic Siumut gained more than 16 percentage points since the last...
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