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Chagos Islands dispute - URGENT ATTENTION!!!!
by GanjaSound
Saturday Oct 9th, 2004 1:15 PM
Archive of BBC News stories concerning the desperate plight of the Chagossians, whose islands were stolen by Britain for the US to build the largest military base outside of America.
The Chagos Islands: A sordid tale:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1005064.stm

Q&A: Chagos Islands dispute:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3177682.stm

Council forced to house islanders:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/3729832.stm

Island's exiles touch down in UK:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/3727524.stm

Island exiles expected at airport:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/3681418.stm

Court rejects islanders' appeal:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/3918749.stm

Islanders fight for compensation:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/3814517.stm

Mauritius stakes claim for Chagos:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3583927.stm

Exiled islanders take fight to Europe:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/3185324.stm

Islanders sleep rough in protest:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/3174670.stm

Exiled islanders put up in hotels:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/3081507.stm

Islanders camp out at Gatwick:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/3054271.stm

Evicted islanders allowed home:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/3051457.stm

Islanders urged to move to UK:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/southern_counties/2948047.stm

Stealth bombers prepare for Gulf:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2808325.stm

Diego Garcia islanders battle to return:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2380013.stm

UK island to house stealth bombers:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2265159.stm

Islanders in Diego Garcia stand-off:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2076937.stm

Evicted islanders demand right to return:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1641382.stm

Key role for UK armed forces:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1584000/1584765.stm

Diego Garcia: remembering paradise lost:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/835963.stm

Evicted islanders allowed home:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1005736.stm

VIDEO (real player) - BBC interview with the islanders' spokesman, Oliver Bancoult:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1005000/video/_1005145_chagos10_bancoult_vi.ram

AUDIO (real player) - BBC radio interview with Oliver Bancoult:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/835000/audio/_835748_bancoult07_16jul.ram
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