Sunday, March 10, 2013

In vote, resource-rich Greenland debates new global role

Reuters: Kuupik Kleist's earliest memories are hunting whales with hand-thrown harpoons. Now, as Greenland's prime minister, he is feted by Chinese and European leaders as he opens up its untapped mineral resources. A verdict on this country's transformation comes on Tuesday, when this island - a quarter the size of the United States and with only 57,000 mostly Inuit inhabitants - holds a general election. There is only one polling station in the capital Nuuk, which has just two traffic lights and where...

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