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Greenland to get new government to lead independence process

Nuuk, Greenland –

The day after winning Greenland's elections, the center-right Democrats hunkered down Wednesday to strategize about building a coalition government that could set out a path to independence for the autonomous Danish territory coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Trump's threats to take over the resource-rich Arctic island have shined an unprecedented global spotlight on Greenlandic politics.

All the parties, and the majority of the island's 57,000 inhabitants, back independence.

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