Greenlanders vote on expanding autonomy

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Splitting potential oil revenue--Scandinavian style.
The outcome of the referendum is likely to be respected because Denmark supports greater autonomy for Greenland and a phase-out of an annual Danish subsidy of about 3.5 billion kroner ($588 million), which accounts for two-thirds of the island's economy.

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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.

Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.