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UK firm on Chagos Islands claim after Mauritius plants flag

  • Officials planted the red, blue, yellow and green flag of Mauritius on the Peros Banhos atoll in the Chagos Islands
  • Britain evicted about 2,000 residents in the 1960s and 70s so the US military could build an air base on Diego Garcia
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Mauritius to lead ‘historic’ expedition to contested Chagos Islands

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